Awards

The book published by the Museum and authored by Prof. Bożena Popiołek entitled "Rituals of Everyday Life. The World of the Noble Court in the 18th-century Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth" won the second prize in the Karol Modzelewski Historical Book of the Year competition in the 2023 edition.

The exhibition "Collecting in the Potocki family" won the award in the 43rd annual competition for the Museum Event of the Year Sybilla 2022. The exhibition was awarded in the New and Modernised Permanent Exhibitions category.

The project "Garden needs – culinary and garden workshops for families" took the second place in the 16th edition of the Willow Masovian Museum Events competition 2022 in the Educational Project category. As part of the project, the Museum encouraged participants to visit the production garden and through contact with fresh plants to activate their imagination and creative sensitivity. The curator of the project is Martyna Przedpolewska, it was implemented by a team of engaged chefs and culinary and nature educators.

The scientific monograph "Benefactors and clients. The specificity of female patronage and client relations in the times of the Saxon kings" by Prof. Bożena Popiołek received the Joachim Lelewel scientific award of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences for 2020 in the Best Historical Book category.

The book "The Portrait in Old Poland" by Prof. Jan K. Ostrowski received one of the equal honours in the competition for the KLIO Award in the Editorial category (2020). The author of the graphic design is Wojciech Staniewski.

Among the winners of the Europa Nostra 2019 award in the Education, Training and Awareness-raising category was the excellent "A Place at the Royal Table", a project of the Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów. The winners were honoured at the prestigious Cultural Heritage Awards ceremony on 29 October 2019 in Paris at the European Congress of Cultural Heritage. "A Place at the Royal Table" is an initiative of the Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów, which aimed to share experience and knowledge about the culinary history of royal courts. Thanks to workshops, outdoor events and scientific conferences organised by the Museum, awareness of the culinary traditions and customs of European courts has increased. The project was implemented as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, together with similar activities in royal palaces across Europe, affiliated to the Network of European Royal Residences http://www.europeanroyalresidences.eu/

The 3rd Prize of Warsaw Cultural Education in the Cultural Institutions and Museums category was awarded to the programme "What's that? Who's that?," a series of workshops for children on the autism spectrum. The classes allow participants to get to know the Wilanów residence, and provide an opportunity to encounter art and old customs, inspiring them to take up artistic activities. The programme is curated by Marta Walewska, classes are taught by the educators Magdalena Maria Borowczak, Magdalena Magenta, and Karolina Sawicka.

The Museum received the certificate on 18 October 2018 during the 9th annual Masovian Development Forum. The purpose of the competition organised by the Masovian Regional Tourism Organisation is to select the most attractive, innovative and tourist-friendly tourist products of the year, as well as to support regional and local initiatives to develop competitive products of Masovia.

The EPICO (European Protocol in Preventive Conservation) project has been awarded the Europa Nostra 2018 European Union Award in the Research category. The project aimed to develop a universal methodology for preventive care of collections exhibited in historical sites and residential museums. In 2015-2017, researchers from Versailles, Venaria Reale and the Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów, working in the Network of European Royal Residences (ARRE), analysed the relationship between the state of preservation of historical objects and the environment in which they are located, taking into account the architecture, interior design and climatic conditions, as well as the social and educational role of the historical residence.

The Royal Garden of Light won a distinction in the competition of the Polish Tourism Organisation for the Best Tourist Product 2017. The Polish Tourism Organisation awarded a gold certificate, 10 certificates and only one distinction, for the Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów for the Royal Garden of Light. 45 tourist attractions from all over the country took part in the final stage of the competition.

The educational programme "Scriptorium Villa Nova" was again awarded in the competition for the most developmental initiative for children aged 0-14 years in Warsaw, organised by the website Czasdzieci.pl. The Sunflowers 2017 award (voted by parents) was won by our regular calligraphy courses entitled "Calligraphy – an (un)forgotten art".

The educational programme "Scriptorium Villa Nova" received the Warsaw Cultural Education Award 2016 in the Art Institutions and Museums category (2nd place). The award ceremony took place on 12 October 2016 in the newly opened Creativity Centre at Targowa Street.

The Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów took the 2nd place in the Icebreakers 2016 competition in the Institutions category for "special social sensitivity and promoting the activity of people with disabilities in various areas of life". According to the awards committee, the activity of the Museum in the field of professional and social rehabilitation of people with disabilities is a model worthy of imitation.

Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów in 2015 was awarded the title of Ambassador to the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities during the 1st Congress of Persons with Disabilities. This award is of particular importance to us, because it was awarded by a  community that is extremely demanding and at the same time the most competent to evaluate actions related to accessibility, by people with disabilities and non-governmental organisations.

The programme "Guests to Guests" received the 3rd prize in the Willow competition, in the Best Museum Educational Project Implemented in 2015 category.

Paweł Jaskanis, director of the Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów, received the annual award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the category of Heritage Protection. The official presentation of the statuettes took place on May 29, 2014 at the Stanisławowski Theatre in Łazienki Królewskie in Warsaw.

The Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów was honoured with the statuette of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for the implementation of the project "Revitalisation and digitisation of the 17th-century palace and garden complex at Wilanów – stage III" co-financed by the European Union (EUIPO) in the amount of 21 million PLN – November 21, 2013.

The exhibition "Primus inter pares" won the competition for the Museum Event of the Year Sybilla 2013 in the Historical and Archaeological Exhibitions category. This was the 34th annual competition of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage highlighting the best and most important events in Polish museums. The exhibition was held from 23 April to 8 December 2013.

The book "Portrait of Poland. Tradition and Historical Consciousness" by Krystyna Gutowska-Dudek, a long-time curator of the painting collection at the Wilanów Museum, was awarded the KLIO Award 2013 in the Editorial category. The author of the graphic design is Prof. Maciej Buszewicz.  The thesis "Stemmata in the publishing frame of prints from the Old Polish period, a study of the phenomenon" authored by Bartłomiej Czarski, distinction in the competition for the best doctoral dissertation for the years 2011-2013 on the Baroque era The doctoral dissertation of Bartłomiej Czarski, on the basis of which the Museum published the volume "Stemmata in the publishing frame of prints from the Old Polish period, a study of the phenomenon", was awarded in the competition for the best doctoral dissertation for the years 2011-2013 concerning the Baroque era. The work "Stemmata in the publishing frame of prints from the Old Polish period, a study of the phenomenon" was written under the direction of Prof. Dr Hab. Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska.

The book series "Academy of Museum Management" received the 1st Prize award in the "Visible Museum" competition organised by NIMOZ and STGU in the Book and Multimedia Publishing category and was awarded on the Editorial Design Served website by the international Behance.net organisation in 2013.

Two educational programmes received the Sunflowers 2013 award: "Calligraphy – an (un) forgotten art" in the Language – Reading, Writing, Speaking, Literary Sensitivity category and "Beagle – one year in the life of a tree" in the Nature – Understanding the Laws of Nature, Ecological Sensitivity, Research Skills, Classification category.

The Wilanów calendar received a Special Prize for the best photography at the 9th International Vidical Calendar Competition 2013.

The book "Festa and music at the court of Maria Kazimiera in Rome" by Aneta Markuszewska was
awarded the Fr. Prof. Hieronim Feicht Prize presented by the musicologists section of the Polish
Composers Union in March 2013.

The Wilanów calendar received a Special Prize for the best typography at the 7th International Vidical Calendar Competition 2011.

The book "Wilanów horizons. Sketches of the Palace and European art" was awarded the Academia prize during the fifth edition of the ACADEMIA 2011 Scientific and Academic Book Fair.

The book " Warsaw Metal-plating in the Years 1822-1914. Assortment, Customer and Custom" won the second place in the Most Interesting Museum Publication published or co-published by a museum establishment based in Masovia category in the competition for Wierzba Masovian Museum Events 2011.

The exhibition "Baroque Festival" won the 1st place in the Most Interesting Exhibition organised by a museum institution in Masovia category in the 4th edition of the Wierzba Masovian Museum Events competition 2010.

2010 The new edition of the book "Compendium Ferculorum, or a Collection of Dishes" received a distinction in the KLIO Award 2010.

The Palace at Wilanów won the plebiscite of the 7 Wonders of Warsaw organised by the Moje Miasto website. The competition ended on 13 December 2009.

The project "Innovative educational offer" received an award in the Educational and Developmental Programmes category in the Sybilla 2009 competition.

Conservation and restoration works in Chinese and hunting rooms made within the framework of the project "Interior restoration of the first Polish art museum – the Wilanów Palace Museum" received the Grand Prix in the Sybilla 2007 competition.

The project "E-learning. A multimedia educational project of the Wilanów Palace Museum" received the 2nd place in the Educational, Developmental and Promotional Programmes category in the Sybilla 2007 competition.

The international scientific conference "The Baroque Villa, Suburban and Country Residences, ca. 1600-1800 " received the 3rd place in the of Achievements in the field of Scientific Activity category in the Sybilla 2007 competition.

"Research, conservation and restoration works on the façade of the Palace at Wilanów from the side of the Courtyard" received 1st place in the Conservation category in the Sybilla 2006 competition.

The Grand Tour. The birth of the Stanisław Kostka Potocki collection" won the first place in the Publications category in the Sybilla 2006 competition.

The exhibition "The exquisite charm of white porcelain. An exhibition of the Wilanów collection of biscuit porcelain" received an award in the Art Exhibitions category in the Sybilla 2006 competition.

The book "The Wilanów Collection" received 3rd place in the category of Publications in the Sybilla 2005 competition.

For many years of cooperation with the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in restoring the splendour of the royal residence and consistent cooperation in the training of conservation staff, the Museum received the Bohdan Marconi Medal in 2005.

The 4th edition of the educational programme "Wilanów Known-Unknown. The Four Seasons" was recognized by the Sybilla Award 2002.