Muzeum Człowieka we Wrocławiu, Anthropological museum in Wrocław, Poland.
Muzeum Człowieka we Wrocławiu is an anthropological museum of the University of Wrocław's Department of Human Biology, housed partly in a former chapel of the Collegium Antropologicum at Kuźnicza 35. Its permanent exhibition fills three rooms: primates, anthropogenesis, human ontogenesis, human skeletal pathology and cultural burial rites.
The museum's holdings include part of the pre-war collection of the Institute of Anthropology of the Medical Faculty of the former University of Wrocław, among them 140 human skulls from Africa and Australia gathered by Hermann Klaatsch. They also comprise the collection of the former Institute of Anthropological Sciences in Warsaw and post-war material from Wrocław anthropologists. In 2020, renovation of the Collegium Antropologicum at Kuźnicza 35 led to plans to move the collections to the Faculty of Biological Sciences complex on Sienkiewicza Street.
The displays occupy three rooms in the former chapel of the Collegium Antropologicum. Besides primates, anthropogenesis and human ontogenesis, sections cover human skeletal pathology and cultural burial rites, topics that connect the collection to funeral practices and disease observed in bone.
The museum occupies part of the former chapel in the Collegium Antropologicum at Kuźnicza 35. It closed indefinitely in 2020 for the building's renovation, with the holdings slated for the biology faculty complex on Sienkiewicza Street. Confirm the current status before travelling, since no reopening date has been given.
The collection holds around 140 human skulls from different regions, offering insight into the biological diversity of humanity. These objects represent some of the most valuable documents from early anthropological research in Europe.
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