street, while the refurbishment of the buildings on Mill Island were covered by the program of Renovation of cultural heritage facilities on Mill Island (2006-2008). On 9 August 2008 the institution was awarded the Silver Medal "For Merit to Culture Gloria Artis". On 30 December 2009, by decision of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the District Museum-"Leon Wyczółkowski" in Bydgoszcz was listed on the State Register of Museums (). Museum departments and branches Development of museum departments By 1958, the museum managed four departments: Polish art, collecting paintings, graphics and sculptures from the 19th and 20th centuries; Leon Wyczółkowski, covering paintings, graphic works and the equipment of the artist's studio and personal mementoes; Archeology, gathering relics from excavations in Bydgoszcz and its region; History, including exhibits related to the city's past, such as artifacts, products of craftsmanship, coins and medals, military items and photographs. In 1968, the Department of Polish Art was divided into: the Department of Contemporary Art, covering painting, graphics and sculpture by contemporary Polish artists; the Department of Modern Art, which collected Polish and foreign painting, as well as 19th and 20th century graphics and sculpture. The Leon Wyczółkowski section was associated with this department. In 1966, the Numismatics section was detached from the History Department and became a department on its own. The same happened a few years later for the Graphics section, leaving the Art Department. The latter was only constituted by the Ethnography and Music sections. Other departments and laboratories in the museum were vital to the proper functioning of the institution, inter alia, Familiarizing and Education, Inventory, Conservation, Library and workshops. After being upgraded to District Museum in 1975, three branch offices were added afterwards: The Forest Museum in Tuchola (established in 1980); The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja near Żnin (established in 1972, added in 1978); Pałuki Regional Museum in Żnin (from 1979). After 1989, all these local branches were returned to the hands of local authorities. Open-air museum of industrial architecture In autumn 2007, the museum in Bydgoszcz took over under its supervision a complex of Nazi-factory buildings, located in the forest, in the south-east of the city. The ensemble was built during World War II in order to produce explosives and ammunition for the German war effort. It was manned by thousands of prisoners of war and forced laborers from all over Europe, under the supervision of