Panorama of the Battle of Racławice the absolute number 1 in the world

Entrance: Behind the Ticket Office

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While visiting the small rotunda, i.e. a specially built-on room, you can admire the exhibits that reflect the historical aspects of the battle.

In the central part of the rotunda, a plastic map of the area is presented, repeating the topographic layout of the area where the Battle of Racławice took place. Colored LEDs indicate the positions and movements of the troops fighting in the battle – Polish troops (yellow diodes) and Russian troops (green diodes). The course of the battle, based on historical sources, is presented in a commentary read by a lecturer (in six languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, French, Spanish), additionally enlivened by appropriately lit parts of colored LEDs. Historical information contained in the commentary can be confronted with the artistic vision of Kossak and Styka.

In the display cases on the edge of the rotunda there is an exhibition entitled “Colors and weapons of the troops fighting at Racławice on April 4, 1794”. It presents 107 figurines showing Polish and Russian soldiers in period uniforms.
In the showcases of the Little Rotunda vestibule, there are also sketches painted by Jan Styka and Wojciech Kossak in the Racławice Fields in April 1893 and a painted poster design for the Panorama in Lviv from 1894.

malowany projekt plakatu Panoramy we Lwowie z 1894.

Entrance: Behind the Ticket Office

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In four annexes separated by semicircular bends on the southern wall and a variable floor level, you can see multimedia presentations extending our knowledge about the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice, its creators and fate, details of conservation and other European panoramas.

The first annex (in front of the entrance) – a spatial map with the marked combat route of the Kościuszko Uprising from Krakow through Racławice, Szczekociny, Połaniec, Warsaw to Maciejowice.

Annex two – presentations about other Polish panoramas, European panoramas and the creators of the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice (in Polish) are presented on the monitor.

Annex three – a film about the conservation of the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice and its preparation for exhibition in the rotunda in Wrocław (in Polish) is shown on the monitor.

Annex four – the monitor shows the same presentations as in the second annex, but in the English language version.

Entrance: Behind the Ticket Office

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“Tadeusz Kościuszko in Phaleristics”

March 19, 2019 – July 31, 2020


2019 is the 225th anniversary of the Kościuszko Uprising and the 125th anniversary of the “Panorama of the Battle of Racławice”. On this occasion, the exhibition “Tadeusz Kościuszko in Phaleristics” will be presented in the hall of the Museum, which is part of the collection “Kościuszko Iconography” by Krzysztof Lachowicz, a famous Wrocław collector, owner of the largest collection of Kościuszkoans in Poland.

Over 650 badges, medals, tokens, plaques, pendants and other honorary and commemorative signs will be presented. Exhibits from the times of the partitions and the 20th century, as well as news from Poland, as well as from Australia, Belarus, France, Switzerland and the USA, will be displayed. These are signs of a patriotic, military, organizational, educational, company, sports and tourist character. They commemorate the hero of the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice – General Tadeusz Kościuszko. He became well-established in the nation’s consciousness as the first leader in the history of the uprising, who made Poles engage in armed acts, indicating that fighting is the only way to regain independence.
In Kościuszko iconography, phaleristics is a significant section presenting the traditions of commemorating the person and activity of Tadeusz Kościuszko.

Kościuszko bookplates

Presentation of bookplates dedicated to Tadeusz Kościuszko awarded in the annual Panorama Racławicka

Międzynarodowych Konkursach na ekslibris kościuszkowski.