Editing Katowice (section)

=== Museums and art galleries ===
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[[File:Katowice Korfantego 3.jpg|thumb|Old building of Silesian Museum]]
The [[Silesian Museum]] is the largest and most-important museum in Katowice. It originally opened in 1929, and its radically modern, [[Bauhaus]]-style new building was demolished immediately after the Nazis seized Katowice in 1939, considering it too degenerate and too Polish. The museum has been placed in temporary buildings with its collections dispersed until 2015, when a new, mostly underground building has been constructed in the Zone of Culture. The museum exhibits works by famous and renowned Polish artists like [[Józef Chełmoński]], [[Artur Grottger]], [[Tadeusz Makowski]], [[Jacek Malczewski]], [[Jan Matejko]], [[Józef Mehoffer]] and [[Stanisław Wyspiański]].<ref name="auto2" /> It is also well known for its collection of [[naïve art]] paintings, including local coal miners from Katowice area. The museum has a number of sketches of globally recognizable artists such as [[Albrecht Dürer]] and [[Rembrandt]].

The City History Museum of Katowice exhibitions include: immersive typical urban apartments from early 20th century, [[naïve art]] paintings from local artists and the history of Katowice from a village to an industrial center. Other museums in Katowice include Museum of the History of Computers and Informatics and the Museum of Smallest Books in the World.

The BWA Contemporary Art Gallery in Katowice, established in 1949, is a notable institution concerning the [[Contemporary art]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://culture.pl/pl/miejsce/galeria-sztuki-wspolczesnej-bwa-w-katowicach|title=Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA w Katowicach – Miejsce – Culture.pl|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325024529/http://culture.pl/pl/miejsce/galeria-sztuki-wspolczesnej-bwa-w-katowicach|archive-date=25 March 2017}}</ref> Every three years, it is responsible for organizing the Polish Graphic Art Triennial. Several other galleries feature exhibitions of the works by artists from abroad along with film screenings, workshops for children and public fairs.