Collection of photographs and postcards of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil - part 2

In archival photographs of the Museum we can see that the Museum was arranged in a manner typical of the XIX century.

Large collections of paintings, graphics, low reliefs, arms and banners hung next to each other, often covering the whole wall space.

Special display cases with glazing on all sides were designed for the Museum.

Mickiewicz's Room with a collection of his manuscripts.

A miniature Copernicus´s Room presenting images of the great astronomer and his scientific instruments.

The Uniform Room and the Arms Room displayed an exquisite collection of the Polish ordnance and uniforms stretching from The Middle Ages until XIX century.

Kościuszko`s Room holding extremely valuable mementos of his, everyday objects and portraits.

The Gallery of Little Paintings was the biggest part of the museum, where hundreds of paintings, drawings and sculptures of eminent west-European masters (representatives of the Dutch, Flemish, German, Italian and French School of Painting, including works ascribed to P.P. Ruben and Sir A. Van Dyck), but first and foremost, the works of the most outstanding Polish artists.

Part of the Castle's second floor was taken up by an extensive library which at its peak contained over ninety thousand volumes further prints, photographs, notes and a cartographic collection.

From 1892 to 1896 in exactly this location worked as a librarian the distinguished writer - Stefan Żeromski. Amongst the most important people in expanding the Museum surely is Henryk Bukowski (1839-1900).

The Portrait Room where among other things were exhibited portraits and bust of people especially distinguished in Polish history or of the Polisch monarchs, national heroes and artists.