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Lublin library crowned for design excellence in international awards competition

Created by GK-Atelier Grzegorz Kłoda, the Bioteka Public Library scooped the Iron Design Award, which distinguishes outstanding projects in the field of interior design, furnishings, furniture, lighting and decorations. Press materials

Praising the library for ‘probably being the greenest library in Europe’,  the A' Design Award judges said: “It is a project inspired by nature, ecology and the idea of sustainable development.

Bookworm heaven: Automatic 24hr book dispensers set to become 2022’s newest trend

First appearing in Łódź’s Manufaktura complex in the summer of 2020, the idea has since taken off rapidly with an increasing number of cities getting in on the act.

Researchers to create ‘library of historic smells’

In what has been described as a ‘breakthrough project’ the initiative will analyse the odours and their historical significance in an attempt to develop a new interpretation of the artefacts.

Poland to spend EUR 238 mln to promote reading

Poland will spend over PLN 1.08 billion (EUR 238 million) in 2021-25 to promote reading through investments in public and school libraries, and promotional activities, the culture minister has said.

Making hairstory! Strand of 500-year-old hair found inside 16th century book

Researchers at Warsaw’s University Library came across the strand inside Thomasinus de Ferraria’s Sermones Quadragesimales during work on the manuscript.

Gorgeous atlases worth up to a staggering 400,000 zł finally conserved after two YEARS of painstaking work

The 23 titles in 32 volumes at the Raczyński Library in Poznań include the "Civitatum aliquote insignarum et locorum magis munitorum exacta delineatio" published in Venice in 1574 – the oldest atlas in the library’s collection and one of the oldest around.

Lublin libraries leading the way in stunning design and sustainability

Dubbed the future face of libraries in which ‘culture meets the sustainable lifestyle’, the creations by GK-Atelier Grzegorz Kłoda have set the design world aflutter.

No place, no home: famous Polish museum in Switzerland faces eviction from castle home

The museum houses a huge collection of art and historical items, and has played home for Polish exiles.

Last post: long-lost letter returned to recipient after 23 years in university library

A letter from a grandfather to his granddaughter, tucked away in an embryology textbook 23 years ago, has been returned to its owner after it was discovered by a Wrocław University student.

Just the ticket: Stunning design for Warsaw tower scoops top award to find “library for tomorrow”

The tower is designed to be “a social platform for learning and development”.

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Auschwitz museum launches fascinating photo album to coincide with 75th anniversary

Opened on the initiative of former prisoners on 2 July, 1947, the history of the museum has now been documented in the new album divided into six sections and entitled  '75 years of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial'.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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