piątek, 19 lipca 2013

The Raczyński Library

The municipal library named after its founder's family name - Edward Raczyński is the oldest Polish public library.
It's main seat at the Plac Wolności (Freedom Square) was the first building in Poland built as a library, its  façade with colonnade reminds the Louvre. It posesses over 1,7 million books, also very precious manuscripts, cartography and iconography.
Just few weeks ago Poznań celebrated a grand opening of its new part (just behind the old one):


                                          (photo: www.fakt.pl)

Many important persons joined poznanians that day, Mr. Bronisław Komorowski President of Poland among them.
But there was also fun - great idea of moving books from the old seat at St. Martin street - to the new building:

check out the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0nGUYnWKQ0

(www.m.poznan.gazeta.pl)

So it was the time for me to go and check myself!

My guide was Mrs. Olcha Wierzbowska-Sikorska, V-ce President of the Polish Association of Book Publishers and organizer of the Poznań Trade Fair Meetings - Books for Children and Young People. She is a wonderful lady and a very active citizen of Poznań.

That's what she showed me:










It turns out that registered readers can use the the tea-house placed inside the building - they will get a cup of tea for free :)


The opening was accompanied by the exhibition "Books and Art" - of course we went to see and wrote few words in the visitor's book



The greatest fun though for both of us was visiting the kid's department of the library. It's beautiful!
I decided to register my little Amelia as a user and right away took for her some books, films and audiobooks

I will be back soon to give back the taken ones (I was so happy especially to get the famous "Maps" by Mrs. and Mr. Mizieliński http://www.empik.com/mapy-mizielinska-aleksandra-mizielinski-daniel,p1059466744,ksiazka-p) and to take the new ones!





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