Complementary to the permanent exhibition the upper-Silesian Provincial Museums shows changing special exhibitions. Since more than 10 years those arise in cooperation and exchange with other museums in
1. Culture and History of Upper-Silesia
This formula subsumes special exhibitions, which pick up the topics from the permanent exhibition, supplement and deepen them .
2. East-West-Relations
By this catchword issues and people are concerned, which or who likewise are related to Upper-Silesia and North-Rhine Westfalia.
3. Comparitive History of Industry
This is about projects, which broach the issue of historical relations and comparison between the Industrial regions Upper-Silesia and the Ruhr-area.
4. Historical und current art in and from Upper-Silesia
5. Problems of today`s Upper-Silesia
In Upper-Silesia – like in the Ruhr-area – the downturn of coal and steel industry coerces restructuring, which comes along with big problems. Public and private initiatives from North-Rhine Westfalia give multiple help in sense of the old connection between booth industrial regions. Since
6. Exhibitions about Local Regional Themes.
At least one exhibition per year is concerned with local regional themes, mostly in cooperation with local cultural accommodations. The Museum, beside its supra-regional duties, therewith bounds itself to its immediate enviroment.