About the Museum (of the History of the City of) Kraków in Connection with the Monograph of Michał Niezabitowski

Abstract

Museum of Kraków, until recently called Historical Museum of the City of Kraków belongs among the largest Polish museum institutions, not only within the group of municipal museums. It has a particularly developed infrastructure with a multitude of different theme departments as well as multifaceted activities. The discussed monograph – penned by the present director – presents a long and tedious but systematic process of the development of that museum during over a hundred years of its history. The reviewer, while emphasizing the evident advantages of the book and its great factographic value as well as prizing the author on his measured opinions, notices some drawbacks and shortcomings and expresses some more general opinions, that reach beyond the actual matter of the reporting review. Such an extensive publication provokes and encourages dwelling on more general matters, which undoubtedly adds to its value.