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The Lancut Castle Museum
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The Lancut Castle Museum
Muzeum - Zamek w Łańcucie
ul. Zamkowa 1, 37-100 Łańcut
Director: mgr Wit Karol Wojtowicz
tel. (+48 17) 225 20 08, 225 31 32
fax (+48 17) 225 20 12
www.zamek-lancut.pl
Opening hours: Closed Mondays, public holidays and during the mid-May music festival; open February-April and October-November, 10am-2pm; May-September, Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-2:30 pm, Sundays, 9am-2pm.

Erected in the seventeenth century, the lancut Castle has been re-designed a number of times. The buildings and the park now have the late nineteenth and early twentieth century appearance, whereas the interiors represent a variety of styles, from Baroque to eclectic to Art Nouveau. The interiors were opened to the public in the inter-war period, and since 1944 the Castle has been Poland's largest residential museum. The drawing and dining rooms, the ball room, private and guest suites have been furnished and decorated with works of art and crafts matching the architecture and including silver, Dresden, Vienna and Delft china, Nieborow faience, and Polish glass. There is a collection of seventeenth through nineteenth century clocks and of old music instruments. Oriental artefacts, such as bronze, lacquer and china items as well as textiles are displayed in the Turkish and Chinese Rooms. The Ground Floor Corridor and the 1st Floor White Corridor house a gallery of the Potocki and Lubomirski family portraits, while the Red Corridor contains a gallery of West European painting. The southern wing of the Castle is home to the sculpture gallery with Antonio Canova's precious marble statue showing Henryk Lubomirski as Eros. The beauty of ceremonial rooms is emphasized by the famous inlaid floors. The whole assembly, including the Castle, Greenhouse, Manege, Stables and a Coach House, the Romantic Castle and the Gardener's Cottage, is surrounded by a large park with an Italian garden in front of the eastern wall of the Castle.

The Coach House is one of lancut's prime attractions. Its collection of more than seventy horse-drawn carriages from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including ceremonial and travelling carriages and a variety of coaches is unique in Europe. The exhibition is complemented by a display of ornate harnesses and other accessories.

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Until September 25 (except for Sundays and holidays), the John the Baptist Archcathedral in Warsaw will host daily organ recitals as part of the 7th edition of the "Grand Organ of the Archicathedral" Festival.
"Dotyk człowieka/Beruehrungen" is the title of the exhibition presenting works of six Polish contemporary artists displayed at the German Embassy in Warsaw (Jazdów street): on view until September 27.
On October 17, the National Museum in Poznań will host the first public presentation of Claude Monet's "Beach in Pourville". The painting was stolen ten years ago. The painting returned to the museum in January 2010 after the folice found the thief.
Jazz pianist Chick Corea will give his only Polish solo concert on November 8 in Zabrze.
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