NATURALISTS, COLLECTORS AND THEORETICIANS OF MUSEOLOGY (Przyrodnicy, kolekcjonerzy i teoretycy muzealnictwa)

• Authors: Arabas Iwona
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The origins of the contemporary collectorship dates from times when the sameness of art and science was commonly accepted. In those days relics of the ancient past and natural individuals of newly discovered lands were presented at the same time. Cosmological character of the collections manifested the tenacity of recognition and representation of the surrounding reality. A great impact on completion of collections of curiosities in Europe had Netherlands, and in the basin of Baltic Sea a remarkable significance was gained by Hanseatic Gdansk. Collections of Jakub Breyn, Jakub Klein and Gotfryd Reyger became famous then. In the same way were imported individuals for Anna Jablonowska that composed one of the most interesting European collections. In course of time merging such a great multiplicity of collections was beyond collectors' power and museum pieces from collections of curiosities were parcelled out. It was a real beginning of specialist museums. A role of museum for science results from its function of methodical organizing collections that can be used by research workers. However, although the aims of scientific and museum centres are different, they come together on the occasion of museum recognition works when museums' workers borrow essential knowledge and methods from resources of science, and scientists search for useful research materials in museum resources.

Keywords

EN

CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORSHIP; HANSEATIC GDANSK COLLECTIONS; SPECIALIST MUSEUMS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 115-130
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Arabas Iwona

• Iwona Arabas, Instytut Historii Nauki PAN, ul. Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA065518