Lost – recovered. Materials of the former Museum of Kalisz Land in the collection of the Regional Museum of Kalisz. Outline of the problem Cover Image

Utracone – odzyskane. Zbiory dawnego Muzeum Ziemi Kaliskiej w kolekcji Muzeum Okręgowego Ziemi Kaliskiej w Kaliszu. Zarys problematyki
Lost – recovered. Materials of the former Museum of Kalisz Land in the collection of the Regional Museum of Kalisz. Outline of the problem

Author(s): Anna Tabaka
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: museum; museologistis; monuments; Kalisz; legacy; heritage; collections; exhibits;precursors; animators; exhibition; looting; provenance

Summary/Abstract: The authoress presents the history of creation and indyvidual departments of the Kalisz Lan District Museum in Kalisz, with particular emphasis on their oldest parts, i.e. artefacts collected in the pre-war Kalisz Land Museum. She proves that the basis of the institution’s collection is the old (pre-war) legacy – lost, but partially recovered after World War II. The resercher presents the topic on examples, outlining possibile directions for provenance research.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 152-186
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Polish