The audio guide is a collection of 13 recordings with photos telling the story of the Alfred Biedermann’s Palace and Park Complex. They include the history of the Biedermann family, former owners of the building, detailed descriptions of the palace interiors with photographs of specific elements of the furnishings. There are also videos describing the contents of the rooms belonging to the University of Lodz Museum located in the building. These films allow a virtual tour of these spaces.
The audio guide was created as part of a bachelor's project in the University of Lodz's Theater Production and Performance Organization major by:
Marlena Kostrzewa
Zuzanna Kozicka
Magdalena Krzeszewska
The project was created as part of Dr. Karol Jóźwiak's seminar, with support from Katarzyna Urbaniak.
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The room contains objects and documents related to the beginnings of the University of Lodz and its staff and prominent alumni. The room features the first rector's toga and objects related to…
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Further history of the Biedermann family, Alfred Biedermann's brother Bruno, his wife and their two daughters, Adalisa Klara and Maryla. To learn more about it, play the video below.The audio…
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In the last museum room dedicated to the lecturers of the Faculty of Law at the University of Lodz, materials relating to Professor Biruta Lewaszkiewicz-Petrykowska and Professor Witold Broniewicz…
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The palace and park complex of Alfred Biedermann in Lodz covers an area of 2.2 hectares, formerly part of a 15-hectare residential and industrial complex. The park, surrounded by an iron fence, is…
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The park, along with the palace and coach house once belonged to the estate of the Biedermann family. In addition to their aesthetic and historical value- due to the events associated with it. The…
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The Biedermanns, a family of German origin who settled in Polish lands in the 18th century. They became primarily famous as entrepreneurs in Lodz, where they ran a textile factory and were among the…
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The hall is a place for receiving guests, who, after passing through its doors, have access to the other rooms like the study-library and to the representative part of the palace. Its interior is…
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Formerly used by Alfred Biedermann and his brother Bruno, the study also served as a library, there was also a billiard table. The room features an antique fireplace with intricate decorations and…
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The hall, formerly used as a dining room, has a characteristic cradle ceiling. In the room above one of the entrances is a painting depicting the former summer home of the Biedermann family. To learn…
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The upstairs rooms include the bedroom and private rooms of the Biedermann couple and their offspring. Above the doors of the children's bedrooms are reliefs with mythological themes. In the boudoir…
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This is a room where documents and photographs related to Professor Tadeusz Kotarbinski, an outstanding Polish philosopher and the first rector of the University of Lodz, have been collected.…
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And also consultations with Dr. Dariusz Klemantowicz.
The photos featured on the website and in the videos come from the collections of the MMP, WiMBP, APL and the collection of Karol Biedermann. Contemporary photos of the palace's representative halls were taken by Partyk Wacławiak, other photos were taken by Marlena Kostrzewa.
The audio guide was created as part of a bachelor's project in the University of Lodz's Theater Production and Performance Organization major by:
Marlena Kostrzewa
Zuzanna Kozicka
Magdalena Krzeszewska
The project was created as part of Dr. Karol Jóźwiak's seminar, with support from Katarzyna Urbaniak.
