HOME-MUSEUM, MUSEUM-HOME (Dom - muzeum. Muzeum - Dom)

• Authors: Baranska Katarzyna
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The text commences by focusing on the ostensible contradiction of two concepts - the home and the museum, and goes on to discuss the domains in which these two conceits are connected. First, attention should be drawn to historical relations - collections constituting the beginnings of European museums were created at home and were to serve predominantly its residents. After all, private collections are established up to this day. At times, they comprise, similarly as in the initial period of setting them up, an expression of the interest of the author and an investment of capital, and convey the process of building the prestige and self-presentation of the owner or his family. They are also - or primarily - the carriers of private memory, storing objects of economic and sentimental value. The same holds true for local museums, where souvenirs of the past, of value for society as a whole, are deposited. Is it possible, therefore, to formulate a thesis claiming that a local museum could fulfil the function of a 'family home'? One could indicate an area where the concepts of the home and the museum meet, i. e. museums that feature residential interiors, either a part or a whole. There are several main types of such institutions. The text considers museums-preserved residences of concrete persons (e. g. the Zamoyski Palace in Kozlówka, the Tumidajski manor house in Dolega), reconstructions of interiors ascribed to renowned representatives of the world of culture or science, whose memory is preserved by setting up a biographical museum. The examples of the Matejko Home in Cracow and the Manor in Czarnolas - the Jan Kochanowski Museum - serve to discuss the main exposition errors, which consist of creating spaces that are a projection of the imagination and knowledge of museum experts. A similar interpretation may be applied in the case of the third type of museums, depicting a 'typical interior' from a given epoch or region (the Hipolit town house in Cracow). The creation of museum reconstructions is deeply embedded in history and the topic of theoretical reflections. That which appears to be the most relevant is such a fulfilment of the expectations of the visitors, which would not violate historical truth and good taste and, first and foremost, would protect the original values contained in the displayed exhibits.

Keywords

EN

HOME; MUSEUM

Discipline

• ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 2-3(289-290)
• Pages: 214-220
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Baranska Katarzyna

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA094140