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Polish Library in Paris

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👍👍 People there were so kind. It has most of Chopin's original stuff. A piano from the 1800's as well. Amazing!!!!!! People often mention Polish, Chopin, Mickiewicz, room, Paris, Biegas, visit, interesting, nice, Library,


Address

6 Quai d'Orléans, 75004 Paris, France

Website

www.bibliotheque-polonaise-paris-shlp.fr

Contact

+33 1 55 42 83 83

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (113 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 2:15 to 6 PM
  • Wednesday: 2:15 to 6 PM
  • Thursday: 2:15 to 6 PM
  • Friday: 2:15 to 6 PM
  • Saturday: Closed

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: Polish (17) Chopin (13) Mickiewicz (12) room (10) Paris (9) Biegas (8) visit (7) interesting (6) nice (6) Library (6)
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  • 5/5 Max G. 7 years ago on Google • 384 reviews
    One of the most important collection of polish art and literature. With 3 museums and two exhibition rooms. It is a very interesting place to visit where you can often find concerts and many events.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jurica M. 10 months ago on Google • 207 reviews
    Small humble but very nice homage room to great Federic Chopin
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Paul S. 5 years ago on Google • 168 reviews
    France and Poland have strong ties - evidence of this can be seen here.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 PoundedPeach 9 months ago on Google • 14 reviews
    People there were so kind. It has most of Chopin's original stuff. A piano from the 1800's as well. Amazing!!!!!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Tony 4 years ago on Google
    The Polish Library in Paris (French: Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris, Polish: Biblioteka Polska w Paryżu) is a Polish cultural centre of national importance and is closely associated both with the historic Great Emigration of the Polish élite to Paris in the 19th-century and the formation in 1832 of the Literary Society (Towarzystwo Literackie), later the Historical and Literary Society. The Library was founded in 1838 by Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz and Karol Sienkiewicz, among others. Its first task was to safeguard all surviving books, documents, archives and treasures of national significance. It has become a historical and documentary resource open for the use of Poles and other researchers and visitors. The Library houses three museums related to significant Polish artists: the Salon Frédéric Chopin, the Adam Mickiewicz Museum and the Bolesław Biegas Art collection. UNESCO's Memory of the World Register rates it as an institution unique of its kind.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Julia N. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Every day in Paris, very nice people make sure that a large piece of Polish culture and history is available to everyone. I heartily recommend staying there for longer, visiting both the Chopin Salon and the Adam Mickiewicz Museum. Thanks for all the stories and see the next one! (Original) Przemili ludzie dbają codziennie w Paryżu o to, by spory kawałek polskiej kultury i historii był dostępny dla każdego. Serdecznie polecam zatrzymać się tam na dłużej, odwiedzić i Salon Chopina, i Muzeum Adama Mickiewicza. Dziękuję za wszystkie opowieści i do następnego!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Julia C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A great Polish place in exile, many memorabilia of Mickiewicz and other Poles, interesting exhibits, old documents, curiosities and a curator, a mine of knowledge, a great respect for them for the perseverance and dissemination of the history of Poland and Poles. It is worth visiting the Polish library in Paris. (Original) Super polskie miejsce na obczyźnie, wiele pamiątek po Mickiewiczu i innych Polakach, ciekawe eksponaty, stare dokumenty, ciekawostki a Panie kustoszki kopalnia wiedzy , wielki szacunek dla nich za wytrwałość i rozpowszechnianie historii Polski i Polaków . Warto odwiedzić polską bibliotekę w Paryżu.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Antonio N. 2 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Exciting visit to the Chopin, Mickiewicz, Biegas and modern art museums. Small, but full of the expressive force of the Polish people... and let's not talk about the cultural and historical significance that the Polish Library in Paris represents! We had a guided tour in English, as we had requested, Ania was phenomenal. (Original) Emocionante visita por los museos de Chopin, Mickiewicz, Biegas y de arte moderno. Pequeños, pero cargados de la fuerza expresiva del pueblo polaco... y no hablemos del significado cultural e histórico que representa la Biblioteca Polaca en París! Tuvimos visita guiada en inglés, como habíamos pedido, Ania estuvo fenomenal.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Renata B. 5 months ago on Google • 323 reviews
    The atmosphere was very cultured and uplifting I recommend

  • 5/5 Fumio O. 4 months ago on Google • 190 reviews
    First of all, I was told that reservations were required, but I wondered if I could make reservations on the official website, but I couldn't find anything related to ticket reservations. I had no choice but to inquire via email, and the reply was, ``I have free time at that time, so please come by.'' (parallel translation). When I actually visited, I was given a detailed explanation and was able to thoroughly enjoy the things related to Chopin. *At first, I was just given a pamphlet in Japanese...😀 I was pretty satisfied with just Chopin's room and was about to leave when the person in charge asked me, ``Did you see the sculptures?'' I went up the stairs again and was shown to a different room from Chopin's room. As expected, it was a very satisfying visit, mixed with the presence of the real thing and the admiration for it.

  • 5/5 Joanna T. 5 years ago on Google • 186 reviews
    Always a pleasure to visit this island of Polish history.

  • 4/5 Krusik T. 1 year ago on Google • 176 reviews
    Very nice service and very helpful employees. The museum with souvenirs of Mickiewicz and Chopin is tiny, but it touches the heart. I know that this is not the role of this institution, but it would be worth expanding them a bit to handle tourist traffic. Thanks to this, more people responded and it would be easier to absorb Polish culture.

  • 5/5 Sharon S. 11 months ago on Google • 163 reviews
    Beautiful place. Lovely little museum. Wonderful courtyard and meeting rooms.

  • 5/5 Tadeusz K. 7 months ago on Google • 88 reviews
    A very interesting object. I visited it again after almost 30 years. The exhibition has been completely changed. The Mickiewicz Museum, Chopin's living room and Biegas room are pleasantly arranged. Temporary exhibition dedicated to Copernicus.

  • 5/5 Denis C. 4 months ago on Google • 65 reviews
    A very good memory of this visit, during heritage days a few years ago, a piano in every room 😅 (and even in the corridors) up to the touching Chopin museum on the top floor. Visitors were treated that day to a piano performance where the artist asked the public for a Paris monument to inspire some improvisations...

  • 5/5 Andrzej A. 5 years ago on Google • 49 reviews
    „Must see” for Polish citizens.

  • 5/5 Jurgen Feuchter G. 2 years ago on Google • 21 reviews
    Very interesting place. Really nice tour the guide there gave us.

  • 5/5 Ella N. 3 months ago on Google • 12 reviews New
    A very interesting collection in the Adam Mickiewicz Library and Museum. Special thanks to Mrs. Hanna who presented us with amazing collections. The history and meaning of Polishness takes on a different dimension. Thank you.

  • 5/5 Michael L. 1 year ago on Google • 7 reviews
    If you like Chopin, for example, you should take a look at his last salon, which was recreated closely to the original...

  • 5/5 Paweł P. 5 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    Must visit! Preferably with a guide. The museum exhibits truly amazing exhibits.

  • 5/5 Fatma A. 2 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The Polish Library in Paris has memorials for a number of famous Polish people, headed by the Polish musician Chopin (Original) المكتبة البولندية في باريس بها نصب تذكارية لعدد من مشاهير بولندا على رأسهم الموسيقار البولندي شوبان

  • 5/5 Julita B. 2 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A place to visit absolutely especially for Poles (Original) Un lieu à visiter absolument surtout pour les Polonais

  • 5/5 Léa N. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A little gem of history, with very nice temporary and permanent exhibitions, and fantastic decoration. It is a little frequented place but not to be missed! (Original) Un petit bijou d’histoire, avec de très jolies expositions temporaires et permanentes, et une décoration fantastique. C’est un lieu peu fréquenté mais à ne pas manquer !

  • 5/5 Ewa K. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A very great place, interesting facts about comics for those interested! (Original) Bardzo wspaniałe miejsce, ciekawostki o komiksach dla zainteresowanych!

  • 5/5 Slawomir D. 8 years ago on Google • 3 reviews
    This is a very nice, surprisingly rich museum devoted to Adam Mickiewicz, Frederic Chopin and Bronislaw Biegas. Two rooms are devoted to Mickiewicz, one to Chopin and one to Biegas. The Biegas room is very impressive, full of very high quality artworks by this relatively unknown artist. The Chopin room contains a Pleyel piano, a chair from Chopin's last apartment at Place Vendome, and several small objects related to the composer, including a lock of his hair. The Mickiewicz rooms are very informative and contain copies of very important documents related to his life (such as his passports) and the life of Polish immigration in Paris, especially the Hotel Lambert party of Prince Czartoryski. Also, the rooms contain several paintings of Walenty Wankowicz and objects related to Maria Szymanowska, Celina Szymanowska, and Wladyslaw Mickiewicz. Entry is 5EU per person. Photography of individual objects is prohibited but general pictures can be taken. I was particularly impressed by the Biegas room.


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