EXPERT EYE/The origins of European porcelain. The most interesting examples from the MNW collection

4:00 p.m.

Conducted by: dr Karolina Wolska-Pabian

The collection of Ceramics of the National Museum in Warsaw, collected since 1917, now includes nearly 10,000 objects and is the largest museum collection in Poland. However, only about 600 of the most valuable objects are exhibited in the Gallery of Early Art. These are the most outstanding examples of European porcelain from the 18th century, as well as Dutch faience, which was created from inspiration brought to Europe by Chinese porcelain. During the tour, visitors will see faience from Delft, porcelain from the first European manufactory in Meissen, unique examples from the Vezzi factory in Venice, Vienna, Berlin and Sèvres.

[tickets for PLN 30 and PLN 15 available at the box office and online from] (https://bilety.mnw.art.pl/rezerwacja/termin.html?y=2026&m=5&back=1&idl=1&idw=755&idg=16)13 paźdzernika.

dr Karolina Wolska-Pabian — a graduate of art history at the Catholic University of Lublin and postgraduate studies in industrial design at the Lublin University of Technology. Scientifically, he deals with Polish ceramics from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century and Polish applied art, with a special focus on the period of the interwar twenties. She is the author of more than twenty publications in this field. She works in the Collection of Ceramics of Decorative Art Collections at the National Museum in Warsaw.

Date: Saturday, October 24, 4 p.m./[Check the dates of the next meetings] (https://www.mnw.art.pl/edukacja/mlodziez-dorosli/eksperckim-okiem/)

Duration: approx. 80 minutes
Meeting place: MNW Main Building, permanent galleries, meeting in the Main Hall
For whom: youth, adults and seniors
Rules of participation: [tickets at the price of PLN 30 and PLN 15 available at the box office and online from 10.00 on Tuesday — two weeks before the event] (https://bilety.mnw.art.pl/termin.html?y=2026&m=10&back=1&idl=1&idw=755&idg=16)

Event availability: lift, induction loop

[Detailed information on the availability of the National Museum in Warsaw can be found in the Museum available tab] (http://www.mnw.art.pl/wizyta/muzeum-dostepne/informacje-dla-osob-z-niepelnosprawnosciami/).

EXPERT EYE
Do you want to know more about the works from the MNW collection? Or are you curious about the daily work of custodians and custodians of museum collections or the creation of a curatorial concept of an exhibition? We invite you to meet with specialists and specialists of the museum, who will tell about the selected objects and their scientific interests. It will also be an opportunity to ask questions that bother you and talk about the creation of museum narratives.

[See full programme of events within the cycle] (https://www.mnw.art.pl/edukacja/mlodziez-dorosli/eksperckim-okiem/)

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Illustration: Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen, rhomboid platter from the Swan Service, [see object in Digital MNW] (https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/pl/zbiory/367891)