Janusz Trupinda

dr hab. Janusz Trupinda (born on October 5, 1968 in Gdańsk) - museologist, historian, culture manager. A graduate of the University of Gdańsk (1994 – “The Convictions of the Brethren of the Free Spirit in Poland as Part of the Late Medieval Heretic Movement” (partly published as an article J. Trupinda, “The Free Spirit Heresy in Poland and Prussia” [in:] Lords, Monks, Knights (Gdańsk Studies of the Middle Ages, no. 3), edited by B. Śliwiński, Gdańsk 1996, p. 341-362) and the Warsaw School of Economics (2005 – “The Basic Activities of the Malbork Castle Museum as part of the market economy in the years 1989-2004”).  In 1998 PhD, University of Gdańsk, on the basis of the thesis: “The Ideology of the Crusades in the Chronicle of Peter of Dusburg” (published in 1999). On 30.01.2017, he holds the title of habilitated doctor based on the scientific achievement "Studies on castles of the Teutonic Order in Prussia in the ideological (decor) and functional (organization of life, spatial arrangement)"
Author and co-author of over one hundred scientific and popular science publications, including five books. The main research area is the history of the Middle Ages, especially the history of the Teutonic Order. The most important part of scientific achievements is related to research on Teutonic castles in Prussia, and especially the stronghold in Malbork. He also publishes in the broadly understood field of culture, museology and the history of sport, which is his great passion. Organizer of international scientific conferences, i.a: “Chancelleries of Teutonic Order. Research status and resaerch perspektives” (Malbork 2001); “Chancellery of the Great Masters and polish royal chancellery in the 15th century” (Malbork 2004); “Cultural heritage of the Teutonic Order in Europe” (Malbork 2008); “Grunwald,Tannenberg,Zalgiris”. (Kraków-Malbork 2010) and exhibitions, i.a: “The Chancellery of the Grand Masters in Malbork” (Malbork 2001); “Imagines Potestatis. Insignia and signs of power in the Kingdom of Poland and Teutonic Order” (Malbork 2007); “Citius-Altius-Fortius. The local dimension of the grand idea of sport” (Gdańsk 2012); “Sapientia aedificavit sibi domum. Wisdom has built her house. The State of Teutonic Order in Prussia” (Malbork 2019).  Employed in National Museum in Gdańsk (1991-2000), Malbork Castle Museum (2000 – 2011), Historical Museum of Gdansk (2011-2017) and University of Gdańsk; Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management in Gdańsk; Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities; The Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia.  Since 2018 Director of the Malbork Castle Museum.
Member of the Council for Museums and Memorials at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2018-2021); member of the Council for the Protection of the Memory of Fight and Martyrdom in Gdańsk (2017-2021); member of museum councils: Museum of Central Pomerania in Słupsk; Historical Museum in Ełk; National Museum in Gdańsk, Regional Museum in Toruń; Museum of Stutthof; Association of Polish Museologists; Internationale Historische Kommission zur Erforschung des Deutschen Ordens
Since 1997 is married (Agnieszka) and has a daughter (Monika).