The Museum of Krakow, until recently theHistorical Museum of the City of Krakow, ranks amongthe largest Polish museums, not only within the group ofmunicipal museums. It boasts an exceptionally developedinfrastructure and a high number of thematic branches, as wellas multifaceted operations. The analysed monograph, authoredby the Museums current Director, presents a long and tedious,albeit systematic process of the Museums development overthe period of more than a hundred years within the contextof numerous external conditionings, with the emphasis on theMuseums role and importance for the city community and forits culture. Underlining the obvious advantages of the bookand its sizeable factual value, as well as balanced opinions,the reviewer, however, observes its certain defaults anddeficiencies, while also formulating a number of more generalviews going beyond the very matter of the book-related review.The extensive publication in question certainly encourages suchan approach, this unquestionably adding another to its merits.
Muzeum Krakowa, do niedawna Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Krakowa należy do największych polskich instytucji muzealnych, nie tylko w grupie muzeów municypalnych. Charakteryzuje się szczególnie rozbudowaną infrastrukturą i wielością stematyzowanych oddziałów oraz wielostronną działalnością. Omawiana monografia – autorstwa obecnego dyrektora – ukazuje długi i mozolny, acz systematyczny proces rozwoju tego muzeum w ponad stuletnim procesie historycznym. Recenzent, podkreślając ewidentne zalety książki i jej duży walor faktograficzny oraz prezentowanie przez jej autora wyważonych ocen, zauważa pewne mankamenty i usterki, a także formułujeszereg sądów natury ogólniejszej, wykraczającej poza samą materię sprawozdawczej recenzji. Ta obszerna publikacja do tego skłania i zachęca, co niewątpliwie stanowi jej dodatkowy walor.
On 27 May 2019, we bid farewell to Józef Poklewski, a trusted Colleague and Friend, professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK) in Toruń. Born in Kowalewo in the Vilnius Region, following WWII, orphaned by his father Władysław, he moved to Giżycko with his mother Emilia, with whom he felt a strong bond until the very last days. This was his individual feature: the long-lasting character of and reliability in relationships. Following the studies in history of art at the University of Poznań, he became assistant lecturer at UMK, with which he was bonded throughout all of his academic and scientific career. He remained strongly influenced by his teacher and mentor Gwidon Chmarzyński, professor at both universities. In his research Poklewski initially concentrated on Baroque art (doctoral dissertation on the Marian Jesuit Sanctuary at Święta Lipka), gradually more intensely focusing on the topic of the history of art and artistic life, as well as education in art, history of art, and conservation in Vilnius (post-doctoral dissertation) and in Toruń. An appreciated and dedicated lecturer, at UMK Józef Poklewski performed the function of the head of the Department of the History of Mediaeval and Modern Art, and of the Director of the Institute of Monument and Conservation Expertise; furthermore, he was the University’s Senate member. Actively participating in the scientific life, he was tutor of graduate theses, as well as of doctoral dissertations, reviewing also post-doctoral ones; moreover, he organized scientific conferences. Poklewski strongly committed himself to the activities of the Toruń Scientific Society and the Association of Art Historians (beginning from the Secretary, to the President of the Toruń Branch, member of the Main Board, finally becoming its Deputy President). Furthermore, he sat on Museum Boards: at the National Museum in Gdańsk, District Museum in Toruń, and the Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz. Prof. Józef Poklewski died in Toruń, and was buried there, too.
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