Muzeum Ilustracji Książkowej
Museum at the Norwid Library in Zielona Góra on the development of book illustration from the 15th to the 21st century, with early prints, bookplates and designs by Polish illustrators.
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About the museum
The Muzeum Książki Środkowego Nadodrza (Museum of the Book of the Middle Oder Region) opened in 1977 in the new premises of the Wojewódzka i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna im. Cypriana Norwida (Cyprian Norwid Regional and Municipal Public Library) in Zielona Góra. It was located on the top floor of the library and presented the history of the Polish book and of libraries in Lower Silesia and the Lubusz Land, as well as the interaction between Polish and German culture in the region. Today the exhibition operates as the Muzeum Ilustracji Książkowej (Museum of Book Illustration); according to the library's history, it was established in 2011.
The exhibition shows the development of illustration in printed books from the 15th to the 21st century: from woodcut, copperplate and steel engraving to lithography, and to 20th-century woodcut and linocut. It includes early prints, 19th-century books and periodicals, tools and materials for making prints, decorative bindings, bookplates and a historic bookbinding gilding press from the Viennese workshop of Josef Anger. Contemporary illustration is represented by original designs by, among others, Jan Marcin Szancer, Zbigniew Rychlicki, Józef Wilkoń, Olga Siemaszko, Bohdan Butenko and Jerzy Flisak.
Among the exhibits are the oldest view of Kraków in print, from Hartmann Schedel's “Liber chronicarum” of 1493, an 18th-century handwritten antiphonary used in the Stalag VIII C prisoner-of-war camp in Żagań during the Second World War, and illustrations for children's books. The library plans to modernise and move the museum to a modern, more accessible space; the Ministry of Culture co-financed the project.
Highlights
- View of Kraków from Schedel's “Liber chronicarum” (1493)
- Illustration designs by Jan Marcin Szancer
- Handwritten 18th-century antiphonary used in Stalag VIII C
- Collection of bookplates and decorative bindings
- Bookbinding gilding press from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
Permanent exhibition
- Rozwój ilustracji książkowej od XV do XXI wieku – Early prints, books and periodicals from different periods, printing techniques, bookplates, decorative bindings and designs by Polish illustrators of children's books.
- Founded
- 1977
- Operated by
- Wojewódzka i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna im. Cypriana Norwida w Zielonej Górze
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| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | For schools in Zielona Góra, the museum has prepared library and museum lessons and, for groups of up to 10 people, art workshops on the history of the book, illustration and bookplates. |
