Kosciuszko Museum in Solothurn

Since 1936, there is the Kosciuszko Museum on Gurzelngasse 12 in Solothurn.

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Kosciuszko Society, which takes care of and manages the Kosciuszko Museum in Solothurn, this year received funding from the program "Promotion, Archives, Libraries and Museums Outside the Country" from funds of the Ministers of Culture and National Heritage. 

The completion of the works is planned for the second half of December. 

We thank the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for the support! 

Ceremony in Zuchwil

On Sunday, October 15, 2023, a solemn wreath-laying ceremony was held in front of his memorial in Zuchwil to mark the 206th anniversary of Tadeusz Kościuszko's death. The bilingual Holy Mass was presided over by Episcopal Vicar Georges Schwickerath from the Episcopal Vicariate of St. Wereny, Pastor of St. Martin Church, Pascal Eng and Pastor Grzegorz Piotrowski, board member of the Kościuszko Society.

The assembled guests were welcomed by the President of the Kościuszko Society and Government Councillor Dr. Remo Ankli.

The ceremony was attended by: the Mayor of Solothurn, Stefanie Ingold, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Bern, Iwona Kozłowska, Military and Air Defense Attache Colonel Mariusz Soliwodzki and the American Embassy was represented by the US Military Defense Attache Colonel Ricardo Gonzalez.

A delegation of the capital group "Solbet" from Solec Kujawski with director Krystyna Rembiałkowska arrived from Poland. A large group were descendants of interned soldiers who built the standing next to the monument Poland chapel.

After the official ceremony there was an apero for all participants.

Time travel through Solothurn: Baroque splendour on old postcards

On Saturday 14 October, the opening of the exhibition "Solothurn on old postcards" took place at the Solothurn Central Library. The Kościuszko Museum, in collaboration with the Central Library of Solothurn, organised an exhibition showing the most important buildings and squares of this beautiful baroque city. The exhibition shows the city from the Kościuszko period.

We can travel back to the era and atmosphere of times gone by and imagine Kościuszko moving through the picturesque streets on foot or on his horse "Dobry".

The form of the panel exhibition is intended to encourage visitors to discover the unknown and to inform them about the integration and mutual cooperation in the field of culture that is developing in Europe and the world.
 
The exhibition was funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of its support for museums, archives and libraries outside the country in 2023.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

The polish national hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko in the year 1816.

In this house lived and died the polish national hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko.

The Kosciuszko Museum is in charge of the Kosciuszko Society.