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OBITUARY


Barbara Ruszczyc
1928-2001

Barbara Regina Ruszczyc was born on September 18, 1928, in Vilnius as the youngest daughter of
a known Polish painter Ferdynand Ruszczyc.
Having survived the dark years of the war, she was forced to leave her native town. In Warsaw,
where she came to live, she followed in the footsteps of her elder sister, art historian Dr. Janina
Ruszczyc, and began to work at the National Museum in Warsaw in 1949■ In the meantime, she
completed her studies, receiving a degree in Classical archaeology in 1955. In 1972 she submitted
her Ph.D. dissertation on Egyptian temples of the Late Period.
During her years at the Museum she was promoted to the post of curator, which she filled from
1973 until 1990. Her duties centered on study and publication of the museum collections, including
important objects like the False Door of Izi from the official's mastaba in Edfu and stone vessels of
the Old Kingdom period. She was also the author of guides to the Museum's ancient art collections.
As curator she organized a number of major museum exhibitions, such as, for example, “Ancient
Cyprus” in 1968 and “Scythian Gold” in 1976, as well as countless regional shows. She coorga-
nized exhibitions of wall paintings from Faras in Berlin, Essen, The Hague and Vienna.

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