Information about the collections of the former Museum of Marian Fathers in Fawley Court (Great Britain) – currently the Museum of Fr. Józef Jarzębowski in Licheń Stary nearby Konin Cover Image

Informacja o zbiorach dawnego Muzeum Księży Marianów im. ks. Józefa Jarzębowskiego w Fawley Court (Wielka Brytania) – obecnie w Muzeum im. ks. Józefa Jarzębowskiego w Licheniu Starym koło Ko
Information about the collections of the former Museum of Marian Fathers in Fawley Court (Great Britain) – currently the Museum of Fr. Józef Jarzębowski in Licheń Stary nearby Konin

Author(s): Marta Walkusz
Subject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, History of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Józef Jarzębowski; museum; book collection; early printed books; manuscripts; ephemera; January Uprising; Polish diaspora in Great Britain

Summary/Abstract: History of the Museum of Marian Fathers, founded at the college for boys in Bielany, the district of Warsaw, reconstituted in the Fawley Court at Henley-on-Thames, Great Britain, and finally moved to the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Licheń Stary, is the key to understanding the content and organization of this collection. Patriotic, religious and educational aspects of the museums, its role for the Polish diaspora in Great Britain, and its depletion in the results of historical changes. Presentation of the collection content” museum objects – sidearm, sculptures, artistic fabrics, drawings and watercolors, paintings, graphics, commemorative items; book collection – books from the 19th and 20th centuries, journals, music prints, maps, and cityscapes. A more detailed presentation of the collection of early printed books, ephemera, and journals from the 19th century.

  • Issue Year: 14/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 63-89
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: English, Polish