THE MUSEUM OF KRAKOW.ON THE BOOK BY MICHA NIEZABITOWSKI

Abstract

The Museum of Krakow, until recently theHistorical Museum of the City of Krakow, ranks amongthe largest Polish museums, not only within the group ofmunicipal museums. It boasts an exceptionally developedinfrastructure and a high number of thematic branches, as wellas multifaceted operations. The analysed monograph, authoredby the Museums current Director, presents a long and tedious,albeit systematic process of the Museums development overthe period of more than a hundred years within the contextof numerous external conditionings, with the emphasis on theMuseums role and importance for the city community and forits culture. Underlining the obvious advantages of the bookand its sizeable factual value, as well as balanced opinions,the reviewer, however, observes its certain defaults anddeficiencies, while also formulating a number of more generalviews going beyond the very matter of the book-related review.The extensive publication in question certainly encourages suchan approach, this unquestionably adding another to its merits.