Centre for Polish Scenography does not have its equivalent within Polish museum history. According to the original concept, the ambition of this institution is to encompass all achievements related to stage design as museum exhibits in a creative and documentary manner. Hence came the idea of the Centre – a synonym of the only place in Poland, which registers the major accomplishments of Polish stage designers working for theatres, theatre-like spectacles, and in the future – animated film and TV theatre.

The Centre was formally established in July 1991 as a branch of the Silesian Museum in Katowice, and as it is recorded in the statute ‘... the Centre is headquartered in Katowice but its scope spreads over the whole country. The Centre in an institution specialising in collecting, storing and researching stage design works in all sorts of artistic forms’.

Since 1993 the Centre has been located on the first floor and GCK in Katowice, pl. Sejmu Śląskiego 2.
It has amassed about 15,000 projects and costumes, stage props, mock-ups and puppets made by famous Polish stage designers. Around 90 per cent of items are gifts from artists and theatres. The collection of the Centre has been presented at exhibitions both in this country and abroad.


The most remarkable authors of the Polish theatre art include: J. Szajna, A. Sadowiski, A. Kreutz-Majewski, K. Wiśniak, J. Polwka. They had their anniversary exhibitions here. The director of the Centre between 1991 and 2005 was Jerzy Moskal.