About the Museum

SGGW MUSEUM – REACHING TO THE ROOTS!

The Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) is one of the oldest agricultural universities in Europe. In 1816, the Agronomic Institute in Marymont, considered the ancestor of today’s SGGW, was established on the initiative of the enlightened gentry in response to the social need to educate professionals in agricultural and natural science fields. SGGW continues to fulfill this mission to this day, as a university combinig tradition with modernity.

200 years of tradition is a serious obligation! That is why in 2006, by virtue of a decree of the Rector of SGGW, the SGGW Museum was established and opened in January 2008. It is one of the youngest university museums in Poland. The museum is located in the SGGW Main Library building.

It gathers collections on the history of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) and people associated with it, as well as with the historical predecessors of SGGW, i.e. the Agronomic Institute in Marymont, the Society of Industrial and Agricultural Courses and the Warsaw Agricultural University. The museum, created from scratch, is in the process of intensive collection building.

The collection includes: documents and archives, photographs, old publications, historical teaching facilities and historical research apparatus, legacies of SGGW professors. The permanent exhibition “From Marymont to Ursynów” presents the most important events in the history of the University, from its roots dating back to the Agronomic Institute in Marymont to its contemporary headquarters in Ursynów.

The Museum organizes temporary exhibitions and carries out projects in cooperation with SGGW departments and other partner institutions of the University. It works to integrate the academic community, revealing to it the richness of SGGW tradition and history.

The Museum undertakes educational activities not only in the field of history; for the comprehensive education and developement it organizes the following permanent cycles of meetings and concerts: “Cultural Thursdays” introduce the passions of people from the SGGW community, and concerts by students of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music enable the audience to have contact with live music. The museum is thus a place where tradition intertwines with the present.