Educating bookbinders in the Museum of Technology and Industry in Kraków in the years 1908–1913 Cover Image

Kształcenie introligatorów przy Muzeum Techniczno- -Przemysłowym..w Krakowie w latach 1908–1913
Educating bookbinders in the Museum of Technology and Industry in Kraków in the years 1908–1913

Author(s): Magdalena Koziak-Podsiadło
Subject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Library operations and management, Social history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Bookbinding; Kraków; Bonawentura Lenart; educating bookbinders; exemplary bookbinding workshop; Museum of Technology and Industry;

Summary/Abstract: Krakow Museum of Science and Industry was in operation since 1868. For just under a century of its activity, it promoted science and contributed to crafts. In 1908, bookbinders’ cyclic education started here. It took place in the model Bookbinding Workshop. The activities of the workshop as well as the program and methods of courses determined the quality of the craftsmanship on Polish soil. This article discusses the workshop’s activities and the methods and objectives of the bookbinder education process. It is noteworthy to mention that they did not differ much from the ones that we currently employ to educate artists and designers. The information is a source of knowledge about the bookbinding industry’s dying profession.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 245-256
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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