Plaque with the history of the Polish Library in Paris, Polish Library in Paris, Paris (France), photo Stanisław Londyński, 1929
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Photo showing Polish Library in Paris in old photographs

Entrance gate, Polish Library in Paris, Paris (France), photo Zygmunt Frenkiel
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Façade of the Polish Library, Paris (France), photo Stanisław Londyński
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Plaque with the history of the Polish Library in Paris, Polish Library in Paris, Paris (France)
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Facade of the Polish Library during renovation, 1931, Paris (France), photo Stanisław Londyński, 1931
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Entrance gate of the Polish Library, Paris (France)
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ID: DAW-000411-P/165949

Polish Library in Paris in old photographs

Paris | France

ID: DAW-000411-P/165949

Polish Library in Paris in old photographs

Paris | France

The Polish Library in Paris, founded in 1838, is one of the oldest Polish cultural institutions abroad. It was founded on the initiative of Polish political émigrés, including Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz and Karol Sienkiewicz. It is located at Quai d'Orléans 6 on the Isle of Saint-Louis, in a historic building that has become an important centre of Polish intellectual and patriotic life in France.

The library houses valuable collections relating to Polish history and culture, including manuscripts, books, works of art, documents and archives. It houses, among others, memorabilia of Adam Mickiewicz, Fryderyk Chopin and Juliusz Słowacki.

In the preserved archival photographs from the 1920s and 1930s, one can see the Library building, its architectural details, shots of the renovation work on the facade, and the plaques with inscriptions. Photo source: National Digital Archive: (set of photographs from the Illustrated Daily Courier - Illustration Archive).