In 1931, an international collection of modern art works was presented for the first time
in Łód´z, being then the second largest city in Poland and one of the most important
industrial centres. It was a world-class event, since in the 1930s, Łód´z museum was the
only Polish and European museum presenting works of the most important avant-garde
artists as a part of its permanent exhibition. In the post-war period considerable efforts
were taken to erect a new building of the Museum of Art in Łód´z. It was going to be an
event on a national scale, since it would be the first modern multifunctional museum
built from scratch during the period of People’s Poland. Yet, the lack of perspective
thinking and ideological entanglement of cultural institutions, as well as propaganda
dictate and the lack of consistency in actions of communist authorities prevented Łód´z
from taking the chance of remaining in the very centre of pioneering museum activities
