The Polish History Museum (PHM) has acquired an extraordinarily precious collection of 22 sashes worn around the waist over the kontush (an outer robe with its sleeves cut from the armhole to the elbow), a key element of the Polish nobility’s attire. The purchase has been funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage….
‘Gardens of Health – the First Polish Printed Herbaria’, ‘On the Practical Use of Herbaria’ and ‘Towards Scientific Illustration’ are the titles of the modules that make up an online exhibition devoted to the earliest Polish printed herbaria. Prepared by the Artes Liberales Faculty of the University of Warsaw and the Polish History Museum with…
On 28 October, the collection of the last Ambassador of the Polish Second Republic to Turkey Michał Sokolnicki, which became part of the Polish History Museum’s collection in May 2021, was presented at Belweder, the Polish President’s residence. The event’s attendees included Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of…
To mark the 200th anniversary of Cyprian Kamil Norwid’s birth, the Polish History Museum has prepared an online exhibition titled “Norwid. Biography (Lyricist, ironist, witness. 200 years of solitude)”. Designed to commemorate the poet, painter and sculptor, the exposition is available in Polish and English language versions on the international Google Arts&Culture platform. The exhibition…
From 1385 onwards, Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania functioned as two separate states ruled by a single monarch. Initially, only Poland favoured the idea to deepen the union. In time, however, the Lithuanian szlachta (gentry/nobility), seeking to acquire political rights similar to those of the Polish szlachta, came to support the concept. Lest…
11 November 1918 is considered the symbolic date on which Poland regained its independence. However, the process of laying down the legal foundations of the reborn state continued for a number of years. One of the main things was to draw up a constitution. As early as February 1919, the single-chamber Legislative Sejm (parliament) elected…
