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institution of the kind in Poland, with a reputation of great patri-
otic and moral authority. The society united scholars from the
three partitions and from abroad; promoted collective projects
and supported individual researchers; organized congresses and
scholarly expeditions; and published results of studies. In gen-
eral it represented Poland to the world, although the country did
not exist as an independent state.
In 1876 Cracow presented the old Arsenal near the Florian
Gate to Prince Wladyslaw Czartoryski as a place to house his
family’s library, art collection, and historic relics. Prince
Wladyslaw later purchased a building of the Piarists’ monastery,
situated in front of the Arsenal, and three medieval houses on the
other side of the street. All these buildings were adapted for
museological and residential purposes in a homogenous French
Neo-Gothic style according to the designs of Parisian architects.
They were connected by suspension bridges.
The library and the museum collection originated from the
ancient residence of the Czartoryski family at Pulawy, a town
on the bank of the Vistula between Warsaw and Lublin. An
extremely valuable set of books and documents were collected
by Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski in the late 18 th century,
while the collections of art objects and historical mementoes
were assembled by his wife Princess Isabela Czartoryska. After
the fall of the Polish State, this wornan of unusual charm and
intelligence decided to save as many Polish national treasures
as possible. She accordingly constructed the first museum
building—the SibyFs Ternple in the park of the palace at
Pulawy. The museum, one of the first of this kind in Europe,
was opened in 1801. Some years later she added a new museum
otic and moral authority. The society united scholars from the
three partitions and from abroad; promoted collective projects
and supported individual researchers; organized congresses and
scholarly expeditions; and published results of studies. In gen-
eral it represented Poland to the world, although the country did
not exist as an independent state.
In 1876 Cracow presented the old Arsenal near the Florian
Gate to Prince Wladyslaw Czartoryski as a place to house his
family’s library, art collection, and historic relics. Prince
Wladyslaw later purchased a building of the Piarists’ monastery,
situated in front of the Arsenal, and three medieval houses on the
other side of the street. All these buildings were adapted for
museological and residential purposes in a homogenous French
Neo-Gothic style according to the designs of Parisian architects.
They were connected by suspension bridges.
The library and the museum collection originated from the
ancient residence of the Czartoryski family at Pulawy, a town
on the bank of the Vistula between Warsaw and Lublin. An
extremely valuable set of books and documents were collected
by Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski in the late 18 th century,
while the collections of art objects and historical mementoes
were assembled by his wife Princess Isabela Czartoryska. After
the fall of the Polish State, this wornan of unusual charm and
intelligence decided to save as many Polish national treasures
as possible. She accordingly constructed the first museum
building—the SibyFs Ternple in the park of the palace at
Pulawy. The museum, one of the first of this kind in Europe,
was opened in 1801. Some years later she added a new museum