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The Polish Room represents a Renaisance interior, at the time of King Sigismund. The egg tempera painted ceiling and walls were done by the Symborski husband and wife team, copying designs from Wawel Castle, Krakow.
A copy of Jan Matejko's painting of Copernicus decorates one wall, while the opposite corner shows a donation of the opera "Manru," in manuscript, from the composer Ignace Paderewski, who personally gave it to be shown here. Windows show institutes of higher learning in Poland.
Explore the rooms below to try and identify architectural features or conceptual design elements that are shared with the featured room here. Think about the ways in which different cultures employ similar solutions to public and private spaces.
