Cultural Routes

Museum of King Jan III’s Palace in Wilanów / Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie

Cultural Route

• European Route of Historic Gardens

Country

• Poland

Member Category

• Cultural Institution / NGO
• Heritage Site

Member Status

Individual

Year of Accession to Membership

N/D

Contact Details

ul. Stanislawa Kostki Potockiego 10/16
PL-02-958 Warszawa

Tel: +48 22 544 27 00
Website: www.wilanow-palac.pl
Email: muzeum[at]muzeum-wilanow.pl

Contact Person

Paweł JASKANIS (Director)

Main Town/Region

Warsaw (Masovia)

Site Town/Region

Warsaw (Masovia)

Main GPS Location

52.165116, 21.088110

Site GPS Location

52.165116, 21.088110

UNESCO World Heritage List

N/D

European Heritage Label

N/D

Other Heritage Labels

N/D

Description

The baroque residence in Wilanów was established at the end of the 17th century for King Jan III Sobieski. The summer residence in Wilanów gave him a respite from the bustle of the capital, and at the same time was close enough to the Royal Castle in Warsaw. In 1805, on the initiative of Aleksandra and Stanisław Kostka Potocki, owners of the palace from 1799, the first art museum in Poland was opened here, in which royal apartments and souvenirs of the Sobieski family as well as a collection of European and Far Eastern art were opened. The palace in Wilanów is surrounded by gardens in which French baroque historical patterns have been preserved, complemented by garden composition designed as English-style landscape parks and English riverside parks (www.europeanhistoricgardens.eu/en/portfolio-item/museum-of-king-jan-iiis-palace-at-wilanow-2).
The Museum is an independent entity under the Ministry of Cultural and National Heritage of Poland. The King Jan III’s Palace is also member of the Network of the European Royal Residences.

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