Collaboration
Organisation of exhibitions and events
The University of Warsaw Library conducts cultural and educational activities.
On the premises of BUW there are presented exhibitions of paintings, drawings, boards, photos and from historic buildings.
In the library there are held various cultural events, such as readings, screenings or meetings with authors.
To propose an exhibition/event, please send an initial description to the address promocja.buw@uw.edu.pl, where you shall include the following details:
- personal/institution details,
- the name and nature of the event,
- a description of the event,
- the date of the event,
- form of cooperation with BUW.
Lending of objects
Lending of exhibition on boards (text in Polish language)
The University of Warsaw Library offers the following exhibitions on boards (Polish language only):
- “Julian Ochorowicz (1850-1917). The bold thinker. Graduate of the University of Warsaw. A Renaissance man in the time of positivism ” – 27 boards, size 0.70 x 1.00 m (print on light foam), 1 banner
- “Fashionable, a dandy, elegant. Men’s fashion in the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century in magazines from the collections of the University Library in Warsaw ” – 58 boards, size 0.70 x 1.00 m (print on light foam)
- “Chemists – graduates of the University of Warsaw” – 25 boards, size 0.70 x 1.00 m (print on light foam)
- “Professors of Warsaw Main School” – 40 boards, size 0.70 x 1.00 m (print on light foam)
- “Karol Szymanowski” – 31 boards, size 0.90 x 0.90 m (print on light foam)
- “Karol Szymanowski. Sources and inspirations” – 38 boards, size 0.70 x 1.00 m (print on light foam and PVC)
The request for their lending should be directed to the Promotion, Exhibitions and Cooperation Department, promocja.buw@uw.edu.pl, phones: (22) 55 25 309, 55 25 175, 55 25 346, 55 25 283.
Request for lending an exhibition on boards
The request shall include:
- details of a borrowing institution,
- a description of the event which the exhibition is to be part of,
- scheduled dates of the exhibition.
Lending is based on a lending agreement.
Transport to the exhibition site and return to BUW takes place at the expense of the institution applying for lending.
BUW reserves the right to charge a service fee for the exposure of the exhibition.
Lending of objects from BUW collections for exhibitions
Institutions planning to organise exhibitions using objects from the collections of the University of Warsaw Library are requested to submit a written application to the Director of BUW.
The application for lending objects from the BUW collections for exhibitions shall contain the following information:
- details of the institution planning the exhibition and of the exhibition itself (the subject, circumstances, partners),
- details of exhibition conditions (a facility report); BUW reserves the right to refuse to lend objects whose display at the applicant’s event will not meet the conditions necessary to maintain the proper condition and safety of the objects,
- the dates of the planned exhibition and the suggested period of lending; BUW reserves the right to refuse to lend objects if the application is submitted less than 6 months before the planned opening of the exhibition,
- a list of requested objects.
Lending is based on a lending agreement.
BUW reserves the right to determine how to prepare objects for display. The applicant meets the costs incurred in connection with such preparations (cleaning, repair, etc.), travel expenses and business expenses of a BUW representative supervising the assembly of exhibition of objects from BUW. An estimate of the costs of preparing the objects for the exhibition is provided by BUW upon receiving an official application for lending.