Poster Museum in Wilanów
The poster museum in Wilanów is dedicated to the art of posters . It collects posters from Poland and around the world. It is located in the converted building of the former riding school on the grounds of the Wilanów Royal Castle in Warsaw .
It was opened in 1968 as a branch of the Warsaw National Museum .
The collections currently contain around 54,000 posters. Every even year since 1994, the museum has organized an international competition - the International Biennale of Posters - under the patronage of the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda).
The building is a modern structure hidden behind an Empire facade of the 19th century building, which was constructed in 1848 by the architect Francesco Maria Lanci .
See also
literature
- Anna Rutkiewicz: The Polish Poster from 1892 to Today. From the collection of the Wilanów Poster Museum . Vier-Türme-Verlag, Münsterschwarzach, 1980, ISBN 3-87868-129-1
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Coordinates: 52 ° 9 '51.5 " N , 21 ° 5' 17.4" E