The year of Polish Romanticism

The exhibition was open to the public from April 2022 to December 2023.

We prepared the expositions in connection with the Year of Polish Romanticism established by the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. In the Sejm's justifying resolution one could read "The memory of Polish Romanticism is the memory of the most important signs that define national identity. The year 2022 marks the bicentennial of this era, and it is a good reason to recall the spiritual deposit left to us by Romantic heroes, artists and thinkers" The text also stressed that without the work of leading Polish Romantics "we would not be who we are today."

The year 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication in print of the collection "Ballads and Romances" by Adam Mickiewicz, published as part of the first volume of "Poetry."
Preparations for the exhibition prompted us to take a new look at the cultural achievements of the Romantic era. Can Romanticism inspire, is it well understood?

This is how the exhibition titled: "... when inspiration said "I know" and knowledge said "I believe" The Year of Polish Romanticism".
In four display cases we presented 38 exhibits. Stopping by each of them, visitors could see, among others, a handkerchief by Adam Mickiewicz, the first edition of "Pan Tadeusz," a manuscript by Teofil Lenartowicz, manuscripts and graphics by Cyprian Kamil Norwid, sketches and letters by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, a sketch by Jan Matejko, as well as 19th century editions of works by Juliusz Słowacki, Zygmunt Krasiński, Antoni Malczewski.