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National Museum Warsaw and Partage Plus project awarded with the Sybilla 2015 prize

The National Museum Warsaw (MNW) received the Polish Sybilla 2015 award in the category "Best Digitisation Project" for the participation in the Partage Plus project. The international project kicked off in March 2012 with the aim of digitizing and 3D scanning more than 79.000 art works from the Art Nouveau period. All items were made available via the Euopeana platform and can be accessed under the following link. The Partage Plus team, composed of 25 partner institutions from all over Europe, feels immensely honoured by this award and thanks the organizers of Sybilla 2015 for this mention.

Publication: Cahier 3: Meesterlijk (zilver)design

The Design museum Gent dedicated its 2012 Cahier publication to the extensive silver collection of Wolfers.

The richly illustrated Cahier 3 is written by Ko Goubert, formerly researcher at Design museum Gent. He has researched every object extensively. In addition to all silver and and other applied art objects made by Wolfers, the museum’s collection of furniture made for the private Wolfers residences is included in the catalogue. This approach contributes to a deeper understanding of the Wolfers production and of the art nouveau and art deco in Belgium in general.

The catalogue forms a part of Partage Plus, the Europeana project for the digitization and opening up of Europe’s art nouveau heritage.

Cahier 3: Meesterlijk (zilver)design. De Wolfersverzameling counts 135 pages (including an extensive hallmark repertory and bibliography) and is on sale for 12 euros from the museum shop.

Are you interested in finding out more about the Wolfers collection? Visit the Partage Plus Blog and the DmG's website!