Illinois SR 311: CONGRATS-POLISH MUSEUM OF AM.

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SR0311LRB104 13565 MST 26128 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to 

3congratulate the Polish Museum of America on the 90th 

4anniversary of its founding; and

5 WHEREAS, The Polish Museum of America was founded in 

6Chicago by the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America on 

7October 15, 1935; and

8 WHEREAS, The Polish Museum of America's first curator was 

9Mieczyslaw Haiman, who began cataloging a sizable and 

10invaluable collection of documents, which opened to the public 

11on January 12, 1937 as a single room museum; it continued to 

12grow over the decades and now fills four floors; and

13 WHEREAS, The Polish Museum of America gained autonomous 

14status in 1960 and was reincorporated in 1971; its library 

15opened on April 18, 1915 as the library of the Polish Roman 

16Catholic Union of America and was consolidated with the museum 

17in 1960; and

18 WHEREAS, The Polish Museum of America's library includes 

19more than 100,000 titles; its archives hold almost 400 unique 

20collections, and its photography archives consist of over 

215,000 photos; the music collection is comprised of 840 titles 

SR0311- 2 -LRB104 13565 MST 26128 r

1of printed sheet music and 5400 record titles cataloged 

2online; and

3 WHEREAS, The Polish Museum of America and its collections 

4have been recognized internationally; it was bestowed the Gold 

5Medal for Merit to Culture (Gloria Artis Medal) by the 

6Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of 

7Poland in September 2016; documents from the Polish National 

8Department, the first collection of the museum, were added to 

9the UNESCO Memory of the World Register in September 2018; and

10 WHEREAS, The Polish Museum of