Mature for Art lecture: The Magic of the Collection: Treasures Hidden within Collegium Maius

Join us for a lecture in which we will delve into the history of the treasures of Collegium Maius. Together, we will discover the most fascinating items from the museum’s collection and take a closer look at them, exploring their beauty and the stories behind them.

6 November 2026, 11.00

Collegium Maius harbours extraordinary treasures – from medieval sculptures and works of decorative art to valuable scientific instruments which, over the centuries, have served to explore and describe the world. Each of these objects tells a different story: of the development of science, changing perceptions of the world, artistic craftsmanship and academic traditions.

The lecture will provide an opportunity to discover selected items from the collection of the Jagiellonian University Museum at Collegium Maius and to explore the stories hidden within the museum’s holdings.

Practical information:

The event will take place in a hybrid format: in person at the Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius and online via Zoom.
Attendance at the lectures is free of charge.
Duration of the lecture – approx. 60 mins.
To receive the link to join the online session, please send an email to: warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl.
For further information, please email warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl or call 12 42 42 860.

This lecture is part of the Mature for Art series – see the schedule for upcoming events.

We warmly invite you to join us!

Host:

Dr. Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk – art historian, curator. Studied art history at Jagiellonian University, Universität Wien and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Graduate of the interdisciplinary study program Environment-Technology-Society (UJ). Author of scholarly articles on 20th century art and architecture and publications in exhibition catalogs and journals. Co-editor of an anthology of image/body texts and the publication “Komponowanie przestrzeni. Rzeźby awangardy”. Co-author and curator of the artistic and scientific program “Exercising Modernity” (Pilecki-Institut Berlin). As part of her doctoral thesis being prepared at the Institute of Art History at the Jagiellonian University, she is conducting research on the concept of space in the work of Katarzyna Kobro.bsolwentka interdyscyplinarnego programu studiów Środowisko–Technologie–Społeczeństwo (UJ). Autorka artykułów naukowych o sztuce i architekturze XX wieku oraz publikacji w katalogach wystaw i czasopismach. Współredaktorka antologii tekstów obraz/ciało oraz publikacji „Komponowanie przestrzeni. Rzeźby awangardy”. Współautorka i kuratorka artystyczno-naukowego programu „Exercising Modernity” (Pilecki-Institut Berlin). W ramach swojej pracy doktorskiej przygotowywanej w Instytucie Historii Sztuki UJ prowadzi badania nad koncepcją przestrzeni w twórczości Katarzyny Kobro.