Between the 6^th July and the 1^st October 2006 the National Museum in Warsaw hosted an exhibition entitled, “The Admirers of Prints and Their Collections in the National Museum in Warsaw” (Miłośnicy grafiki i ich kolekcje w zbiorach Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie). The purpose of the exhibition organised as part of the International Triennial of Graphic Art in Cracow was the presentation of a selection of Polish collectors from the end of the 19^th and the first half of the 20^th century, whose collections have enriched he holdings of the National Museum in Warsaw. Collectors presented were: Cyprian Lachnicki, Leopold Méyet, Dominik Witke-Jeżewski, Seweryn Smolikowski, Wiktor Gomulicki, Władysław Alojzy Strzembosz, Kazimierz Woźnicki, Leopold Wellisz and Stefan Dembiński.

    The exposition encompassed only part of the very interesting and specific phenomenon of print collecting by Poles. We hope that our session enabled the Museum to present other collectors, some of whom may be unknown to specialists and the general public. The exhibition intended to present not only collectors, but also institutions which collected or still collect prints using various collection conceptions.

Scientific Session: Print Collecting in Poland - Past and Present, the National Museum in Warsaw, 1^st September 2006.