Publications

2010 desk calendar

This book contains the proceedings of an international conference held in Vilnius in 2006. There are 23 presentations by scholars (museologists, historians, architects, archaeologists, art historians and others) from Lithuania, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia and the United States on the history of the palace of the grand dukes of Lithuania, on the results of research undertaken to help in its reconstruction and future use, on analogous reconstruction projects in other countries, and current issues regarding its reconstruction and use. These articles help us evaluate in a broader historical and geographic context the results of the research that has been done to date relating to the reconstruction of the palace and plans for its future use.

This monograph is a catalog of the international exhibition, The Union of Lublin and its Era in the Art of Jan Matejko, marking the 440th anniversary of the Treaty of Lublin and presenting the imposing oil on canvas painting entitled Union of Lublin by the eminent romanticist Polish painter Jan Matejko (1838–1893). The exhibition discusses the history of the painting, displays a number of the preliminary sketches and important documents and maps of the era, and provides short biographies of the principal characters from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland depicted in the painting.

This diary is an account of the impressions and experiences of the journey from Warsaw and stay in Vilnius in 1786 of Ludwika Byszewska, a well known noble lady of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the latter half of the 18th century and wife of the chamberlain of the last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski. In this original document we find an authentic and lively account of Vilnius during the Age of Enlightenment – its tourist attractions, buildings, entertainments, and inhabitants. The diary, which consists of letters written by Byszewska to her brother, was first published in an early 19th century periodical. This edition, with commentaries, was prepared by Piotr Jacek Jamski and the introduction was written by Ewa Manikowska.