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Leon Wyczolkowski District Museum

Is a municipally-owned museum.Apart from a large collection of Leon Wyczolkowski's works,it houses permanent as well as temporary exhibitions of art.It is based in several buildings, including the old granaries on the Brda River and Mill Island.In Bydgoszcz the Pomeranian Military Museum specializes in documenting the latest (19th – 20th century) Polish military history, particularly the history of the Pomeranian Military District and several other units present in the area.The city has many art galleries, two symphony orchestras and chamber and choirs.Bydgoszcz's cultural facilities also include libraries (including the Provincial and Municipal Public Library with an extensive collection of volumes from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, and old books from Germany).

Hieronim Konieczka's Polish Theatre

Theatre offers a wide variety of shows both of national and foreign origin. It also regularly plays hosts to a large number of touring shows. Founded in 1949, since 2002 the theatre has been taken part in the "Festiwal Prapremier" where the most renowned Polish theatres stage their latest premieres. There are also a number of private theatre companies operating in Bydgoszcz.In the years 1960–1986 there was an outdoor theater, the reactivation of which is currently being pursued by the Theatre Culture Association, "Fides" and the Acting School A. Grzymala-Siedlecki.The Opera Nova, in existence since 1956, started the construction of a new building in 1974 which was to consist of three main halls, situated on the Brda. The Opera Nova has become a cultural showcase of Bydgoszcz in the world. Considering the short history of the Opera, its success has been astounding; a large number of famous opera singers have performed there and theatrical troops from the Wrocław Opera, Theater of Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev, Minsk and Glubenkiana Foundation of Lisbon have also made appearances.

Pomeranian Military Museum

After the end of August, the Army Museum in Bydgoszcz will be available to develop the second edition of "Bydgoszcz 1945." The book will contain new, sensational information about the fighting in the region of Bydgoszcz in January 1945. The study will also be found previously unknown images of war. The content of the book increased by 25 percent compared to the first edition. "Bydgoszcz 1945" can also be purchased at Forest Park of Culture and Recreation "Myslecinek" on 28 August (Sunday) 2011 to staging the historic "Normandy 1944. Falaise, "which will be part of farewell Pomeranian Military District in Bydgoszcz.At the end of August and September in the Army Museum in Bydgoszcz, you can also buy "Military Pomerania," a new set of studies, presenting different aspects of the military history of Europe, especially in Pomerania.

Ignacy Paderewski's Concert Hall

Thanks to superbly designed acoustic qualities of the main concert hall, it is one of the best classical music concert halls in Europe.Concerts of popular music in Bydgoszcz are usually held in Filharmonia Pomorska, Luczniczka, Zawisza and Polonia stadiums as well as open plains of Myslecinek's Rozopole on the outskirts of the city.

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