%0 Journal Article
%T A Hero and His Museum… Jan Matejko
%A Kłak-Ambrożkiewicz, Marta
%J Culture Management
%V 2024
%R 10.4467/20843976ZK.24.018.20136
%N Volume 25, Issue 1–2
%P 169-180
%K biographical museum, Jan Matejko, The Jan Matejko House, genius loci
%@ 1896-8201
%D 2024
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-w-kulturze/article/bohater-i-jego-muzeum-jan-matejko
%X The article considers the following issues: the civic attitudes of nineteenth-century society in face of the need to commemorate an outstanding artist; the participation of artists in creating such attitudes; and ways of promoting the nation’s history and culture. The issues are presented in the context of the development of museology in Poland. The text is a case study of the biographical museum in Jan Matejko’s house, opened on 6 March 1898 and since then, through a permanent exhibition and numerous temporary exhibitions, popularising various aspects of artist’s life and work, as well as presenting his rich collections of crafts, textiles and military memorabilia.