Dary i nabytki Muzeum Historii Kielc w 2009 roku

Marcin Kolasa (Museum of The History of Kielce) Kielce History Museum’s Acquisitions in 2009 In 2009, the Kielce History Museum enlarged its collection with 1,385 objects entered into the “History” and “Art” inventory books as well as the auxiliary book of “Materials”. Among the most interesting objects, there are collections of documents connected with Bolesław Markowski and Włodzimierz Gierowski as well as a set of documentation from the metal processing plant and foundry in Białogon. The collection of items connected with the history of the Kielce industry, crafts and trade was enlarged with some articles from Ludwików plant and Społem food processing plant as well as some elements of furnishings from a pre-war restaurant owned by Józef Adamczyk and one of the shops which was situated in the main square. The collection of military objects was enlarged with elements of armament and uniforms, of which the most valuable are epaulets and a gala belt of a non-commissioned officer of the 6th Rifleman Regiment of the Russian Empire. The museum received several dozen objects connected with the history of the Kielce railway and the Kielce scouts’ movement. In the collection of photographs, the most valuable are: a pre-war photo album of lieutenant Leon Pająk and a collection of more than 100 negatives of Henryk Pieczula documenting the visit of John Paul II in Kielce in 1991 as well as a collection of photographs taken by Andrzej Pęczalski documenting the history of Kielce in the 1970s to the 1990s. The collection of paintings and sculptures was enlarged with the painting by Zygmunt Menkes entitled Portrait of Herszel Zagajski (oil on canvas, signed: Z. MENKES 1937), two oil paintings Forest Landscape (1913) and Leda with a Swan (1919) by Stanisław Rachalewski, the gouache by Aleksander Dobrowolski Kościuszko in the Battle of Racławice (1906), the oil painting by Wintenty Bednarski Portrait of a Boy (1935), the pastel drawing by Leokadia Maria Ostrowska Flowers, the water-colour by Adam Królikowski Main Tower of Chęciny Castle, the gouache by Mieczysław Jaroński Portrait of Mieczysława Ćwiklińska (1954), the gouaches by Irena Janowska-Grodziska depicting fragments of Nowy Świat Street in the 1950s and the 1960s as well as her oil painting Kielce Delicatessen and the oil painting by K. Grodziski Garage (1954). The Museum also received a gift of 20 paintings depicting Siberia from Otton Grynkiewicz. A wooden sculpture Pieta (a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus) by an unknown artist from the middle of the 20th century from a shrine situated on a private property in Sandomierska Street in Kielce is undoubtedly an interesting acquisition.