The study focuses on description of the Silesian Museum?s collections which are related to Matice slezská foundation or its institutional predecessors, namely Matice Opavská or Slezská matice osvěty lidové pro Těšínsko (Silesian Foundation of People?s Education in the Těšín Region) or which are linked to the general issues of Czech national emancipation movement in Silesia. Not only documentation materials located at particular sections in charge of collection management, but also remains of the collection of the former Matice opavská?s museum are described. Matice opavská?s museum was founded in 1884 and its activity was terminated in the early 1920s when both its entire collections and library were incorporated into the collections of the Silesian Museum, and are nowadays managed by particular collection management sections with respect to professional standards of the particular disciplines. The collection survey mainly emphasises significant units or individual artefacts. Where appropriate, the motivation for particular acquisitions or provenance of the studied collection items is clarified. The study thus provides a comprehensive summary of the representation of thematically related items within the current collections of the Silesian Museum and it opens up possibilities for further research.