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Muzeum w Przeworsku
Zespół Pałacowo-Parkowy
ul. Park 2, 37-200 Przeworsk
mgr Bożena Figiela
tel. (+48 16) 648 71 45, 648 71 96
fax (+48 16) 648 86 42
www.muzeum.przeworsk.pl

The Przeworsk Museum is housed in the former seat of the Lubomirski family, a property which dates back to the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. A 12 hectare (29.5 acre) park surrounds a number of historical buildings, the most significant of which is the early nineteenth century classical palace - a seventeenth century manor house expanded by Princess Izabela Lubomirska of the Czartoryski family. There are also two manorial outhouses, one from the seventeenth and the other from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a greenhouse built in the years 1803-1807, early nineteenth century stables, an early twentieth century guardhouse and two entry gates dating to the second half of the nineteenth century.

The Przeworsk Museum has welcomed visitors since 1974. The Palace interior was opened to the public in 1986.

The Town and Regional History Section is housed on the ground floor of the Palace and houses exhibits which are closely linked with Przeworsk's history from the Middle Ages to the present. These include documents issued by kings and the town's lords, decorative arts and guild crafts, old photographs, Judaica and military objects. There are also rich ethnographic holdings, such as a collection of men's and women's clothing worn in Przeworsk and the nearby villages from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Of special interest are the ornate Przeworsk belts, made from brass plates, and the eighteenth century corsets, which are lavishly embroidered with gold thread.

The Palace Interior Section, housed on the Palace's first floor, incorporates the prince and princess's studies, the wardrobe, bedroom, living room, dining room, ball-room, kitchen, main and kitchen staircases, and the Palace chapel, now a library, whose furnishings date mostly to the first half of the nineteenth century. The Palace interiors also house a gallery of modern European painting, which had been collected by Henryk Lubomirski. The History of Firefighting Section, housed in the former stables, presents the history of fire brigades from the mid-nineteenth century onwards through a collection of firefighting equipment, a set of seventy-three nineteenth and twentieth century firemen's helmets, fire alarm signals such as gongs, hooters and trumpets as well as the simplest fire extinguishing equipment such as wooden syringes and sprinklers, including manually operated and mobile models, as well as buckets and a sprinkler moved by horse-drawn cart.

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"BEATS OF FREEDOM" - MOVIE TRAILER
BBC Four documentary "Sacred Music" about Górecki and Pärt
Polish composer Abel Korzeniowski was awarded for the Best Original Score for a Drama Film. The award was presented by International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) for the original soundtrack from Tom Ford’s debut film, "A Single Man".
March 9-21, "Summer at Nohant" / "Lato w Nohant", directed by Hanna Bondarewska, the original play by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, translated by Celina Wieniewska - Mead Theater Lab at Flashpoint, Washington, D.C.
March 12 - "The Pianist and the Diplomat": an evening of music and history exploring the life of Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Lindner Family Commons, Washington D.C.
March 13 and 14 - Honoring Poland's Music Legacy: Penderecki's U.S. premiere of "Chaconne - In Memoriam John Paul II" and Szymanowski's "Symphonie Concertante" and "Stabat Mater" - Mandeville Auditorium - University of California, San Diego.
March 14 - Ewa Pobłocka will perform a recital of Chopin's music - National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
TR Warszawa will show its production "4.48 Psychosis" by Sarah Kane, directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna - London, Barbican Theatre, March 23-27.
March 26 and 27 - Paderewski Symphony Orchestra: Celebration of Chopin's 200th Anniversary - Chicago Symphony Center.
March 27 - Chopin Anniversary Marathon: faculty and graduate students performs a variety of solo and chamber music repertoire - Alfred Newman Recital Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
March 28 - Lira Ensemble: Chopin Bicentennial Concert - Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, Chicago.
The 7th edition of "Misteria Paschalia" in Kraków will take place on March 29 - April 5, 2010.
Yale University Press published "Fellowship of Poets" by Irena Grudzińska-Gross. The book tells the story of a close friendship between two Noble Prize laureates from Eastern Europe, Czesław Miłosz and Joseph Brodski.
Stephen and Timothy Quay, renowned for their stopped-motion animations and original feature films, are planning a film based on Bruno Schulz's "Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass". Brothers Quay are only returning to Schulz; in 1986, they made a name for themselves with the adaptation of Schulz's "Street of the Crocodiles".
Jonas Mekas, a legendary American avant-garde film-maker, will receive SmokSmoków Award - an honorary distinction awarded by the Kraków Film Festival. Mekas will come to Poland in May to receive the award at the 50th anniversary edition of the festival.
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