Tatra Museum in Zakopane
The Library and Archive, based in the main building of the Tatra Museum
in 10, Krupówki Street, are accessible to the public on Mondays through Fridays
between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Oficjalna strona Muzeum Tatrzańskiego: www.muzeumtatrzanskie.pl
The library contains literature on the Tatra Mts and the regions of Podhale,
Spisz and Orawa, the ethnography of Poland, Polish museums, and works on
general subjects. The earliest items come from the donation of several dozen
works on biology from Dr Tytus Chałubiński's library and several dozen works on
ethnography and art from Dr Zygmung Gnatowski's collection. The first Museum
director Juliusz Zborowski's donation of the whole of his collection now
constitutes the main core of the library. The holdings are augmented as a
result of purchases, exchange and donations.
The prints, manuscripts, iconographic material and documentation acquired by
the Library-and-Archive Department corresponds in subject-matter to the
Museum's general goals, its documentary, publishing and educational activities,
and the needs of scholars and students of the problems of the region covered by
the Tatra Museum's activities.
The departmental holdings include sets of books, periodical publications
(serial publications and journals) and occasional publications, a cartographic
collection, microfilms, music collections (records and scores), a collection of
recordings, a collection of manuscripts, an archive of photography (positives,
negatives and transparencies), technical documentation, newspaper cuttings and
printed iconographic material.
Zbigniew Ładygin ysladyg@cyf-kr.edu.pl