• Rogalin Palace Museum

    Wielkopolska, Poland

    The Rogalin Palace Museum is located in the former seat of the Raczynski family. It consists of an 18th-century palace and garden complex and a later landscape park, which is naturally connected to the picturesque floodplains of the Warta River. Apart from its charming location, the beauty of the place is also determined by...

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Greater Poland - an emigrant Europe

An informal tourist and cultural trail linking European institutions and places that recall prominent Polish emigrants originating from or connected to Wielkopolska.

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Announcements, events, exhibitions, lectures, meetings and visits. Information on project developments and new initiatives.

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Temporary exhibition at the Rogalin Palace Museum

Temporary exhibition "Island of Freedom. The Historical and Literary Society and the Polish Library in Paris", which could be viewed at the turn of 2023 and 2024 at the Adam Mickiewicz Museum in Śmiełów, from February 13 this year is presented in the Rogalin Palace Museum - in the educational room in the coach house (free...

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Symposium in Paris

Symposium: "Le comte Edward Aleksander Raczyński et Paul Helleu. Le goût de la Belle Époque dans la collection de peintres français à la Galerie de Peintures du Château de Rogalin" (Hrabia Edward Aleksander Raczyński i Paul Helleu. Smak Belle Epoque w kolekcji francuskiego malarstwa z Galerii Malarstwa w Pałacu w...

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Objectives

Following in the footsteps of the "Great Polish" emigrants in Europe we want:

  • to discover places connected with them - from Lvov in Ukraine, via Poznań, Rogalin, Śmiełów, Gołuchów, Kórnik, Rydzyna and Leszno in Greater Poland, then the Duchy of Two Bridges in Germany and Nancy and Luneville in Lorraine, to Paris, Montrésor and London
  • to recall and promote their contribution to the peaceful shaping of modern Europe, while preserving their individuality and national identity
  • promote knowledge of the institutions that research and preserve their memory
  • to cooperate with partners in the exchange of promotional, tourist and educational experiences, as well as in museum and preservationist research
  • encourage the cooperation of other partners who are close to the dissemination of tangible and intangible heritage of common Europe covered by our route

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Knowledge trails

Our Trails is a fascinating journey in time and space. It reveals unknown or forgotten places connected with Polish emigrants who came from or were connected with Wielkopolska.

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Essays

Longer content, deepening the theme of the fate of Greater Poland's emigrants. A careful look at places, events and ideas. Portraits of great figures and issue-based analyses.

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