Open AccessSPECIFICITY OF THE COLLECTIONS AT MUSEUM BRANCHES OF THE RACZYŃSKI LIBRARY IN POZNAN
Author(s) -
Eliza Hamrol-Grobelna,
Mirella Kryś
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
muzealnictwo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2391-4815
pISSN - 0464-1086
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0015.3120
Subject(s) - object (grammar) , special collections , collections management , library science , studio , visual arts , history , art , computer science , artificial intelligence
Two theses are formulated by the paper’sauthors. The first speaks of the mission of making cultureproducts available to the public, which was preciselythe one Count Raczyński followed at the moment offounding the Library in 1829, and of the validity of thismission in the operations of the museum branches ofthe Raczyński Library: the Literary Museum of HenrykSienkiewicz (MLHS) and the Flat-Studio of KazimieraIłłakowiczówna (MPKI). The second thesis claims thatthe book collections of both institutions are very special:they contain exceptional books and their book collectionsas such can become the object of research for literaryscholars and linguists. Furthermore, information on thecreation of the Raczyński Library and on the foundationof its museum branches is provided. In their analysesthe authors classify the book collections into three basiccategories: donated items, books that stand out as fortheir appearance, works created by the institutions’donors, and an additional category for MPKI: booksserving as tools for writers. The most interesting itemswithin each category have been distinguished anddescribed.