Visit of the three museums of the Polish Library of Paris

Name: Visite des trois musées de la Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Bibliothèque polonaise de Paris - Musée Adam Mickiewicz - Salon Chopin - Musée Biegas

Free visit of the Adam-Mickiewicz Museum, the Chopin Room and the Boleslas Biegas Museum.

Samedi 17 septembre 2022, 14h00Passé

The Adam Mickiewicz Museum presents the life and work of Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), the greatest Polish romantic poet. It was created by his son Władysław in 1903. Mickiewicz is to the Poles what Goethe is to the Germans: symbol of national identity and cultural unity. A political emigrant, a pilgrim of freedom, he spent much of his life in Paris, where he made illustrious friendships and professed brilliantly at the Collège de France. For today’s Europeans, Mickiewicz is among the first visionaries of united Europe.

The Chopin Salon is the only place in France dedicated to the greatest Polish composer, Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849). Exiled to Paris in 1831, Chopin lived there until his death. He will be the legendary pianist of the Salon Pleyel, the composer of the famous Polish, mazurkas, ballads and waltzes, and also the most admired pedagogue of Paris, European capital of romanticism.

The Boleslas Biegas Museum, inaugurated by the SHLP with the support of MM. Guido Biazzi and Claude Kechichian present a selection of collections from the bequest of Polish sculptor, painter and playwright Boleslas Biegas (1877 – 1954), linked to the Vienna Secession movement, who since 1901 had lived in Paris surrounded by friends of the symbolist circle of «La Plume». In this museum are presented the works of Biegas, whose sculptures were more popular than those of Rodin, also those of other Polish artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Polish Library of Paris

À propos du lieu

Bibliothèque polonaise de Paris - Musée Adam Mickiewicz - Salon Chopin - Musée Biegas

6 quai d'Orléans 75004 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

The Polish Library in Paris, the centre of Polish emigration since the mid-19th century, is the largest cultural institution representing Poland outside the borders of this state. It is located on the Île Saint-Louis, in the heart of Paris, in a magnificent 17th century building that houses works and archives of great value, as well as an important collection of works of art. Completely renovated and modernized at the beginning of the 21st century, the Polish Library in Paris welcomes readers and researchers wishing to deepen their knowledge of Franco-Polish relations and the history of Poland. The Polish Library has many memories of the greatest Polish romantic poet of the 19th century, Adam Mickiewicz (Museum) and the illustrious composer Frédéric Chopin (living room). It regularly organizes conferences and conferences, exhibitions and concerts. The documentary heritage of the 19th century was classified in 2013 by UNESCO and inscribed in the register "Memory of the World". Enter the