The National Museum in Gdansk together with the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre and the Museum of World War II have been realising a project devoted to Marian Kołodziej (1921-2009).

Kołodziej, a great theatre and film scenographer, designer of pope’s altars in Gdansk and Sopot as well as many magnificent exhibitions was also an author of Memory Cliches. Labyrinths of Marian Kołodziej, a striking installation devoted to his personal experiences during the World War II (Marian Kołodziej was imprisoned in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, signed with nr 432).

Project Theatre of Life. Marian Kołodziej will consist of three parts:
- exhibition (December 2001)
- conference (5-6 December 2001)
- publishing (2012)

On the website of the National Museum in Gdansk you can check updates concerning the project as well as get to know some facts from life of the great artist.