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The Centenary of the Baltic Institute – conference
On Wednesday, 10 December 2025, the Copernicus Library (ul. Słowackiego 8) will host a scientific conference entitled ‘The 100th anniversary of the Baltic Institute in Toruń’. The event will start at 9:30 a.m. and last until 3:00 p.m.
The conference is dedicated to commemorating the centenary of the founding of the Baltic Institute, which has left a lasting mark on the scientific achievements of interwar Toruń. Members of the Institute took an active part in the attempt to establish a university in Toruń, and after the war, many of them co-founded the Nicolaus Copernicus University. The Baltic Institute existed in Toruń until the outbreak of the war, and after its end, it was reactivated on the coast – first in Gdynia, then in Gdańsk.
The speakers will present the scientific achievements of the Baltic Institute from its Toruń period, concerning history, archaeology, ethnology, geography and maritime economy. The speakers will include people from the Tri-City, who will discuss the post-war period of the Baltic Institute's existence. The conference will be accompanied by a special exhibition of the Institute's publications, collected in the Copernicus Library in Toruń.
The event is co-organised by the Faculty of Historical Sciences of the Nicolaus Copernicus University. It will be held in Polish.
