W grodzie Bydgosta: Tajemnice życia wczesnośredniowiecznych mieszkańców Bydgoszczy i okolic

The exhibition In the castle of Bydgosta: Secrets of the life of the medieval inhabitants of Bydgoszcz and the surrounding area presents material culture and, through its prism, also various manifestations of the social and spiritual life of the early medieval inhabitants of Bydgoszcz and the surrounding area.

The history of the region is presented against the background of broader events concerning the Polish state. The exhibition presents various tools, ornaments, armament, objects of daily use, etc., which make the various manifestations of life of the early inhabitants of Bydgoszcz and the surrounding area more familiar. The exhibition presents various tools, ornaments, weapons, objects of daily use, etc., which bring closer the various manifestations of daily life that took place both in the castle and in the settlement. The chronological framework of the exhibition covers the Middle Ages and is determined by the dating of the artefacts on display, i.e. from the 7th century to the mid-14th century. The artefacts come from the District Museum's own collection, acquired from donations and through excavations, supervisions and archaeological interventions carried out by Museum employees, mainly in the area of the former Bydgoszcz province (the present-day Bydgoszcz, Nakło and Sępólno counties), from donations made by the Regional Office for the Protection of Historical Monuments in Toruń (Wojewódzki Urząd Ochrony Zabytków w Toruniu Delegatura w Bydgoszczy), as well as from research conducted by the Institute of Archaeology of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.

consultants: Wojciech Chudziak, Dariusz Poliński, Alicja Drozd, Jacek Bojarski, Elżbieta Dygaszewicz
exhibition design: Bożena Januszewska, Katarzyna Wolska
construction: Zenon Jacyna
guide design: dr Łukasz Czyżewski, Marcin Wachniak
guide picture sources: Wojciech Woźniak, Marek Chełminiak, Jacek Bojarski, Łukasz Czyżewski, Andrzej Janowski, Ryszard Kaźmierczak, Maria Gajownik, MOB archive, archive of the Krajna Museum in Nakło, archive of WKZ Delegation in Bydgoszcz
sound: Zdzisław Pająk
narrator: Robert Erdmann
reconstructions and copies: Robert Grochowski, Jacek Bojarski, Ryszard Kaźmierczak, Krzysztof Rybka, Adriana Witucka, Jarosław Strobin, Wojciech Kwieciński, Ewa Grobelna, Zenon Jacyna