30.08.2018
The year 2018 marks the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining independence. The Medical University of Gdańsk wishes to use this unique opportunity to show all the changes that took place in Polish science, particularly in those fields that are close to our hearts – namely, medicine and pharmacy. The series of events called “Kaleidoscope of 100 years” will introduce key moments, significant achievements and important figures in the history of the Medical University of Gdańsk.
August presentation shows celebrations of university anniversaries, starting from events commemorating the first 10 years of Medical Academy in Gdańsk up to recent events associated with the university’s 70th anniversary. MUG Museum has collected many valuable publications, memoirs and accounts depicting celebrations of 5th, 10th and 40th anniversaries. One may take a look at the pages of first academic journal Academia Medicae Gedanensis from 1971 with its two opening articles by prof. Eugeniusz Sieńkowski as well as now unique photos documenting 40 years of Pediatric Surgery Clinic. Even though the time passes at a merciless pace, past events as old as yesterday get replaced with new ones, we hope that this project will save some of them from oblivion.
Marek Bukowski from the Museum of Gdańsk Medical University and Joanna Śliwińska, the spokesman for MUG, are in charge of this project, with the cooperation of the Main Library, Department of Foreign Languages, University Archives, Information and Promotion Unit and MUG Choir among others.