sentences:  In the administrative reforms which came into effect in 1999, Tychy was made a city with the status of a powiat (city county).Between 1999 and 2002, it was also the administrative seat of (but not part of) an entity called Tychy County ("powiat tyski"), which is now known as the Bieruń-Lędziny County.The Tyskie Brewing Museum was founded in 2004, and the Municipal Museum in 2005.