Accordingly to the comming 200-th anniversaries it is possible to observe the grovth of interest of Napoleonic subjects. Nevertheless the person of Napoleon still evokes the controversies, especially his relation to Poland and Poles, there is as many followers of Emperor as his opponents.
The exhibition "Napoleon and Poles", that was presented before in Cracow and by now at Warsaw, collects for the first time polish keepsakes, which comes both from the private and national collections. Collecting all of them has been big and common effort of polish museums. Role of the organizer has fulfilled Museum of Polish Army in Warsaw with cooperation of National Museum in Cracow. The most significant part of it comes from the collection from Puławy of the Czartoryski's family. Institute of the studies over the Napoleonic époque in Pułtusk played as well its part in creating the exhibition. From our collection comes the discoveries from the battle at Pułtusk, excavated by the Institute of Anthropology and Archeology of Humanistic High School at Pułtusk: lead bullets to riffles of french army - caliber 16.5mm; lead bullets to riffles of russian army- caliber 18mm; french bullet of six-pound cannon; part of the firebrand of french bayonet and original of the Bulletin of the Grand Army - 55 Bulletin de la Grande-Armee - Bataile de Preussich-Eylau (battle at Iława Pruska - Preuusich-Eylau).

During the visiting of the exhibition it sticks its military character. There was not prepared the development of the administration, law systems and education. On the other hand there is range variety of the things that recalls personal experiences - personal utilities, documents, orders, letters. Widely there are presented the keepsakes of prominent Poles of that time: prince Józef Poniatowski; general Jan Henryk Dąbrowski; general Józef Chłopicki; general Jan Skrzynecki; general Karol Kniaziewicz; general Stanisław Kicki; general Wincenty Krasiński. Paintings, graphics, engravings, military equipment and uniforms associated with Poland are presented in chronological order and create range view on the panorama of Napoleonic époque.
Exhibition is great event, that beside the collecting the most valuable polish keepsakes recalls also the greatest values - patriotism and honor.

Iwona Mirska
Institute of the Studies over the Napoleonic Epoque (OSEN)
Humanistic High School of Aleksander Gieysztor

Translation: Scout

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Director
Dr Krzysztof Ostrowski (ostrow@wsh.edu.pl, ostrowski@napoleon.pl)

Vice-director
Andrzej Nieuważny (aen@cc.uni.torun.pl)

Advisory board
Janusz Królik - president

Director of the scientific works
Andrzej Nieuważny (aen@cc.uni.torun.pl)

Scientific board
Prof. dr hab. Henryk Samsonowicz - president
Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Ajnenkiel
Prof.dr hab. Jan Baszkiewicz
Prof.dr hab. Remi Forycki
Prof. dr hab. Monika Haman
Dr Aleksander Kociszewski
Dr Andrzej Nieuważny