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The paper focuses on a private collection of woodworking tools created in Warsaw in 1982–2020, covering over 400 items, mainly Polish, but also German, Austrian, English, French, and American. It presents the genesis of the collection, methods of its development, internal structure, and the collection study modes. The presentation is accompanied by comments dealing with the importance of a collection...
In spring 2023, the Gdansk publishers: słowo/ obraz terytoria released the first volume of Krzysztof Pomian’s study Muzeum. Historia światowa [World History of the Museum]. It launches the Polish edition of the monumental three-volume work published by Éditions Gallimard in Paris which is the first study of the universal history of the museum. This is more than a book, it’s a monument! (Plus qu’un...