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Wojciech Marcinkowski, Tomasz Zaucha • An outline of the history.
Photo by Paweł
Czernicki
based on our cast.17 Similarly, casts of Gothic and Renaissance tiles from Greater Fig. 7. The National
Poland (Wielkopolska), which survived at the National Museum in Krakow, proved Museum in Krakow,
to be the only source of information about tiles lost by the Museum of Greater exhlbltlon "Krakow
,-..,„ Within Your Reach"
Poland in Poznan. . , ,. , ,
in the cellars or the
The last major enrichment of our collection was the acquisition of plaster casts Bishop Erazm Ciołek
of the former Museum of Technology and Industry in Krakow in 1950. Palace (May 2010),
When the exhibition at the Town Hall Tower was closed in the early 1960s, Roomi, Royal Tombs
nearly the entire collection of architectural sculpture and plaster casts was stored
up in the Szolayski House and remained inaccessible for nearly half a century, conse-
quently falling more and more into oblivion year after year. For example, researchers
working on Gothic architectural details in Krakow tend to illustrate their studies
with photographs taken on site of what are but art conservators' creations of the turn
of the 19th and 20th centuries, rather than their medieval "substance". The latter often
seems a lot more easily perceptible in plaster casts that were taken before renovating
original works.
The goal of our project "Krakow Within Your Reach" was to reverse this situation.
The exhibition space has been allocated in the medieval cellars of the Bishop Erazm
Ciołek Palace (fig. 7 and 8). Both the Palace and its cellars were thoroughly renovated
in the years 1996 - 2006 to house the collection of art of old Poland. The Palace
was open to the public in 2007 but preparatory works that aimed at accommo-
dation of the whole plaster cast collection were conducted from the early stages
99
Photo by Paweł
Czernicki
based on our cast.17 Similarly, casts of Gothic and Renaissance tiles from Greater Fig. 7. The National
Poland (Wielkopolska), which survived at the National Museum in Krakow, proved Museum in Krakow,
to be the only source of information about tiles lost by the Museum of Greater exhlbltlon "Krakow
,-..,„ Within Your Reach"
Poland in Poznan. . , ,. , ,
in the cellars or the
The last major enrichment of our collection was the acquisition of plaster casts Bishop Erazm Ciołek
of the former Museum of Technology and Industry in Krakow in 1950. Palace (May 2010),
When the exhibition at the Town Hall Tower was closed in the early 1960s, Roomi, Royal Tombs
nearly the entire collection of architectural sculpture and plaster casts was stored
up in the Szolayski House and remained inaccessible for nearly half a century, conse-
quently falling more and more into oblivion year after year. For example, researchers
working on Gothic architectural details in Krakow tend to illustrate their studies
with photographs taken on site of what are but art conservators' creations of the turn
of the 19th and 20th centuries, rather than their medieval "substance". The latter often
seems a lot more easily perceptible in plaster casts that were taken before renovating
original works.
The goal of our project "Krakow Within Your Reach" was to reverse this situation.
The exhibition space has been allocated in the medieval cellars of the Bishop Erazm
Ciołek Palace (fig. 7 and 8). Both the Palace and its cellars were thoroughly renovated
in the years 1996 - 2006 to house the collection of art of old Poland. The Palace
was open to the public in 2007 but preparatory works that aimed at accommo-
dation of the whole plaster cast collection were conducted from the early stages
99