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MUSEUMS IN FORMER RESIDENCES: CASTLES, PALACES AND MANOR HOUSES
MUSEUMS IN FORMER RESIDENCES: CASTLES, PALACES AND MANOR HOUSES

Author(s): Beata Krakowiak, Jolanta Latosińska
Contributor(s): Ewa Mossakowska (Translator)
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Tourism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: museum; residence; castle; palace; manor house; cultural heritage;

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns former residences in Poland and their contemporary use as museums. The authors present the history of Polish residences, the development of museums in castles, palaces and manor houses, their spatial distribution and the relations between the type of building and that of the museum collection.

  • Issue Year: 19/2009
  • Issue No: 1(2)
  • Page Range: 43-50
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English
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