Permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth is an exhibition of the most valuable objects from the collection of the

National Library of Poland The National Library ( pl, Biblioteka Narodowa) is the central Polish library, subject directly to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland. The library collects books, journals, electronic and audiovisual publicat ...

in the baroque interiors of the Palace of the Commonwealth in Warsaw.

Background

The exhibition features objects from Polish and global written heritage such as the

Holy Cross Sermons The Holy Cross Sermons ( pl, Kazania świętokrzyskie) are the oldest extant prose text in the Polish language, dating probably from the late 13th or early 14th century. The documents are named after the place where they were originally housed – ...

, the Sankt Florian Psalter, the Old Annals of the Holy Cross, Polish Chronicle of Gallus Anonymus, Chronicle of Wincenty Kadłubek and medieval and Renaissance works by European illuminators. Literary manuscripts are displayed in a special section of exhibition. They include manuscripts by Jan Kochanowski , Juliusz Słowacki, Adam Mickiewicz, Cyprian Kamil Norwid,

Zbigniew Herbert Zbigniew Herbert (; 29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers. While he was first published in the 1950s (a volume title ...

and

Czesław Miłosz Czesław Miłosz (, also , ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation ...

. Items relating to musical culture are also on display, such as handwritten scores or original copies of works by

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...

, Henryk Górecki, Agnieszka Osiecka and

Jacek Kaczmarski Jacek Marcin Kaczmarski (22 March 1957 – 10 April 2004) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author. Life He was the son of painter Anna Trojanowska-Kaczmarska, a Pole of Jewish background, and the artist Janusz Kaczmarski. Kaczmarski ...

. The exhibition was opened on 22 May 2024. Admission is free of charge. The exhibition is open 6 days a week (except Tuesdays).

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Bibliography

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