Abstract
In 1961, when the Krasinski Palace (the Palace of the Republic) was rebuilt, it was given to the National Library's use. All the departments of the Division of Special Collections were placed in the Palace, including the map department. In 1963 the government made a decision to construct a new building for the National Library of Poland. In the beginning it was planned to move all the collections from the buildings, which they had occupied before, placed in three different districts of Warsaw (including the Division of Special Collections) to the new National Library's building. Its construction started in 1977. But during the works on the site and the move of the collections of books and periodicals dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, it became obvious that those departments, and in particular, their collections, took up too much space, and there was no room for them all. So new plans of enlarging the new building of the National Library were made, but the economic crisis which we are now going through in our country has postponed its development until the distant future. Until now, there is still a remaining part of the Division of Special Collections in the Krasinski Palace, the departments which preserve collections of manuscripts, early printed books, graphics and drawings. Special grand exhibitions are also held in the beautiful baroque rooms there.
Highlights
A new Head of the Department of Cartographic Collections has been appointed, namely M.Sc
The transfer itself into the ready-furnished rooms started on 10 July 2000
Collections such as atlases and books were transported in metal boxes, separate maps kept in drawers as well as wall maps were wrapped in paper
Summary
On 21 March 2001 the last packs with maps were transported and thereby a certain chapter was closed in the history of the map department. The entire collection was placed in the new building with the address: Aleje Niepodlegosci 213. A new Head of the Department of Cartographic Collections has been appointed, namely M.Sc. Barbara Przyluska who is a geographer and cartographic editor. On 19 April 2001 several hundred representatives of scientific communities, cartographic companies and libraries from all over Poland took part in the official opening ceremony. The managing director, Michal Jagiello, welcomed the people gathered in the room. The symbolic ribbon was cut by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Kazimierz Michal Ujazdowski. The participants of the celebration saw the cartographic exhibition “We are displaying our collections” and they viewed the furnished rooms of the department
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