“As for me, I am determined to get things done in Krakow.” The Czartoryski Collection Road to Cracow

The transfer of the entire collection to Krakow and their consolidation after wandering is the work of the life of Prince Władysław Czartoryski. Not everyone was enthusiastic about the idea of moving the Prince's harvest to Galicia, and not everyone liked the transfer of the harvest from Sieniawa. Teofil Lenartowicz warned that “the dangerous accidents of war, I think, discourage the Prince from rushing to move the Paris Library to Krakow. God knows what will happen.” However, the thought contained in Karol Jaskłowski's letter to the Prince of May 1874 prevailed: “Everyone is enthusiastic about this project and everyone, to the extent of his strength and ability, will do his part to facilitate and accelerate the implementation of these intentions.” From 1875, the collections began to be systematically moved from Kórnik, Sieniawa, Paris to Krakow, where from October 4, 1876 they were made available to all interested parties.

Janusz Pezda, PhD, professor at the Jagiellonian University