The History and the Present Day of the Museum of Children’s Books in Warsaw Cover Image

Historia i współczesność Muzeum Książki Dziecięcej w Warszawie
The History and the Present Day of the Museum of Children’s Books in Warsaw

Author(s): Jarosław Jagiełło
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Library and Information Science, Archiving, Cataloguing, Library operations and management, Education and training
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: public library; Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province; children’s and young adult books; Museum of Children’s Books; reading promotion

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the historical and present organisation and activity of the Museum of Children’s Books, which is a special department and scholarly reading room of the Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province. At the beginning, a short history of the institution is described and its present location and collections are discussed. Next, the author presents the functions of the Museum regarding updating and processing the collection, as well as its most recent informational and promotional activities. Thus, he presents the forms of promoting science, culture, and reading that are undertaken in the Museum: scholarly conferences, workshops, competitions, exhibitions, as well as its didactic activity.

  • Issue Year: 3/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 125-138
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish