We would like to invite you on 11^th June to the Warsaw’s Museum of Technology (Palace of Culture and Science, Parade Square 1) to the popular-science conference „Heritage of WVR”. The meeting, starting at 10AM, is directed to all those who are interested in the history of the oldest Polish railway – the Warsaw-Vienna Railroad, which celebrates this year the 170^th anniversary of the opening of its first section from Warsaw to Grodzisk.

Programme

9.30 – 10.00	Registration of participants
10.00 – 10.15	Conference opening, introduction
10.15 – 11.00	Andrzej Paszke	WVR, railroad to Europe
11.00 – 11.30	Marek Moczulski	Stanisław Wysocki – the one who built WVR
11.30 – 12.00	Coffee break
12.00 – 12.40	Paweł Mierosławski	From “Warsaw” to “Hannoverian” – first engines of WVR
12.40 – 13.20	Michał Jerczyński	The architecture of WVR buildings – evolution of style since 1845
13.20 – 14.00	Maria Balicka	„On duty and on the station” – railway in life and works of Władysław Reymont
14.00 – 14.30	End of conference, discussion

Free admission.