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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:IPMS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/IPMS.jpg/220px-IPMS.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/IPMS.jpg/330px-IPMS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/IPMS.jpg/440px-IPMS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1532" data-file-height="1758" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Polish Institute and Skorski Museum, main entrance</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data note">2 May 1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Learned_society" title="Learned society">Learned society</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Registration no.</th><td class="infobox-data">312168</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Legal status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charitable_organization" title="Charitable organization">Registered charity</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Purpose</th><td class="infobox-data">Archival, educational, historical, and <a href="/wiki/Museology" title="Museology">museological</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">20 Prince's Gate, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, SW7 1PT</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Services</th><td class="infobox-data note">Research and publications, lectures and events, heritage conservation, and exhibitions</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Chairman</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Danuta Bildziuk</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Head of Archives</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Andrzej Suchcitz</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pism.org.uk">www.pism.org.uk</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum</b> (<a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Instytut Polski i Muzeum im. Gen. Sikorskiego</i>), known as <b>Sikorski Institute</b>, named after General <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski" title="Władysław Sikorski">Władysław Sikorski</a>, is a leading <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Museum" title="Museum">museum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archive" title="Archive">archive</a> for research into <a href="/wiki/Poland_during_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Poland during World War II">Poland during World War II</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Polish_diaspora" title="Polish diaspora">Polish diaspora</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/Non-governmental_organization" title="Non-governmental organization">non-governmental organisation</a> managed by scholars from the <a href="/wiki/Poles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Poles in the United Kingdom">Polish community in the United Kingdom</a>, housed at 20 Prince's Gate in <a href="/wiki/West_London" title="West London">West London</a>, in a <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade II</a> listed terrace on <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Road" title="Kensington Road">Kensington Road</a> facing <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HistoricEngland_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HistoricEngland-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is incidentally part of the same Victorian development by <a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Freake" title="Charles James Freake">Charles James Freake</a> as the nearby <a href="/wiki/Polish_Hearth_Club" title="Polish Hearth Club">Polish Hearth Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the institute is closer to the commercial centres of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" title="Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">Kensington</a>, it is just within the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a>. In 1988 it merged with the formerly independent <b>Polish Underground Movement (1939–1945) Study Trust</b> – (<a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Studium Polski Podziemnej w Londynie</i>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg/200px-Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg/300px-Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg/400px-Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3569" data-file-height="4404" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski" title="Władysław Sikorski">Władysław Sikorski</a>, prime minister of Poland</figcaption></figure> <p>It was created immediately on the conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, on 2 May 1945, to preserve the memory of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Underground_State" title="Polish Underground State">Polish Underground State</a> in <a href="/wiki/Occupied_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupied Poland">Occupied Poland</a>, its links to the <a href="/wiki/Polish_government-in-exile" title="Polish government-in-exile">Polish government-in-exile</a> initially in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> then in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Polish_armed_forces_in_the_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish armed forces in the West">Polish armed forces in the West</a> and their <a href="/wiki/Polish_contribution_to_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish contribution to World War II">contribution to World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time the <a href="/wiki/Communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist">communist</a> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1945-1989)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Poland (1945-1989)">takeover of Poland</a> made it hazardous if not impossible for many exiled Polish ex-servicemen and civilians to return to their native country, after one third of Poland's territory was ceded to the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Yalta_Accords" class="mw-redirect" title="Yalta Accords">Yalta Accords</a> and the native Polish civilian population killed or forcibly deported.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also a research centre and museum and publisher of historical issues which were either banned or censored in the then <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of Poland">People's Republic of Poland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Activities">Activities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The institute has conserved historical records, including witness records from the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising" title="Warsaw Uprising">Warsaw Uprising</a> in 1944, documents, <a href="/wiki/Regimental_colours" class="mw-redirect" title="Regimental colours">regimental colours</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_medals" class="mw-redirect" title="Military medals">military medals</a>, uniforms, <a href="/wiki/Insignia" title="Insignia">insignia</a>, works of art, a library and many personal effects which had once belonged to Polish statesmen, diplomats, academics, military leaders and ordinary men and women. The institute's unrivalled film and photographic archive of over 5,000 photographs was digitised by <i><a href="/wiki/KARTA_Center" title="KARTA Center">Karta</a></i> during 2005–6 and is available in Poland for exhibitions and educational initiatives.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 2006 the institute received a chance find of 2,000 photographs taken by photographer Jan Markiewicz of the early Polish community in 1950s South London, which a passer-by retrieved from a skip in <a href="/wiki/Brixton" title="Brixton">Brixton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Study_Trust_of_the_Polish_Underground_State">Study Trust of the Polish Underground State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Study Trust of the Polish Underground State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bor.jpg/150px-Bor.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bor.jpg/225px-Bor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bor.jpg/300px-Bor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1073" data-file-height="1377" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_B%C3%B3r-Komorowski" title="Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski">Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski</a> 4th prime minister of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_government-in-exile" title="Polish government-in-exile">Polish government-in-exile</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Founded in 1948, by a group of veterans led by general <a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_B%C3%B3r-Komorowski" title="Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski">Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski</a> <b>the Polish Underground Movement (1939–1945) Study Trust</b> – <b>Studium Polski Podziemnej w Londynie</b>, known as the <i>Studium</i>, amalgamated with the institute in 1988. Although it lost its separate legal status, it was granted internal autonomy to carry out its own research and publications from its base in <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Ealing" title="London Borough of Ealing">Ealing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The institute and Sikorski Museum is divided into the following departments and sections: </p> <ul><li>Archives</li> <li>Museum, including the Photographic Archive, the Film Archive and the Sound Archive</li> <li>Reference Library</li> <li>Administration</li> <li>Publications</li> <li>Regimental Colours Fund</li></ul> <p>The institute is governed by a Council which elects the Executive Committee from among its members who run the day-to-day business of the institute. The chairman heads the Council and Executive Committee. Membership consists of honorary members (nominated by the AGM), full members chosen by the Council, life members by single donation and annual members. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Raczynski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Edward_Raczynski.jpg/150px-Edward_Raczynski.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Edward_Raczynski.jpg/225px-Edward_Raczynski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Edward_Raczynski.jpg/300px-Edward_Raczynski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="579" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bernard_Raczy%C5%84ski" title="Edward Bernard Raczyński">Count Edward Raczynski</a> Polish Ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_St_James%27s" title="Court of St James's">Court of St James's</a> 1932–1941</figcaption></figure> <p>Since its inception the institute has had eight chairmen: </p> <ul><li>Prof. <a href="/wiki/Stanislaw_Stronski" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanislaw Stronski">Stanisław Stroński</a> PhD (1945–1951)</li> <li>Lt. Gen. Prof. <a href="/wiki/Marian_Kukiel" title="Marian Kukiel">Marian Kukiel</a> PhD (1951-c.1965)</li> <li>Count <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bernard_Raczy%C5%84ski" title="Edward Bernard Raczyński">Edward Raczyński</a> PhD (c.1965–1976)</li> <li>Stanisław Leśniowski MSc (1977–1979)</li> <li>Capt. <a href="/wiki/Ryszard_Dembinski" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryszard Dembinski">Ryszard Dembiński</a> (1979–2004)</li> <li>Krzysztof Barbarski CEng (2004–2022)</li> <li>Krzysztof deBerg (2022 -2023 )</li> <li>Danuta Bildzuik (2023 - )</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%9345)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Poland (1939–45)">History of Poland (1939–45)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_government_in_exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish government in exile">Polish government in exile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Poles in the United Kingdom">Poles in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Library_in_Paris" title="Polish Library in Paris">Polish Library in Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Museum,_Rapperswil" title="Polish Museum, Rapperswil">Polish Museum, Rapperswil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_National_Remembrance" title="Institute of National Remembrance">Institute of National Remembrance</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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McFarland. pp. 93–94, 102. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0786455362" title="Special:BookSources/978-0786455362"><bdi>978-0786455362</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Amnesty&rft.btitle=The+Polish+Deportees+of+World+War+II%3A+Recollections+of+Removal+to+the+Soviet+Union+and+Dispersal+Throughout+the+World&rft.pages=93-94%2C+102&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0786455362&rft.au=Piotrowski%2C+Tadeusz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9Kefzi0_vwIC%26q%3D%2522Wisia%2BReginella%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolish+Institute+and+Sikorski+Museum" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaar,_Richard_F.2017" class="citation journal cs1">Staar, Richard F. (27 January 2017). "General Sikorski Historical Institute (eds.) Documents on Polish-Soviet Relations, 1939–1945. Vol. I: 1939–1943. London: Heinemann, 1961". <i><a href="/wiki/Slavic_Review" title="Slavic Review">Slavic Review</a></i>. <b>22</b> (1). online by <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F3000407">10.2307/3000407</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3000407">3000407</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:163543066">163543066</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Slavic+Review&rft.atitle=General+Sikorski+Historical+Institute+%28eds.%29+Documents+on+Polish-Soviet+Relations%2C+1939%E2%80%931945.+Vol.+I%3A+1939%E2%80%931943.+London%3A+Heinemann%2C+1961.&rft.volume=22&rft.issue=1&rft.date=2017-01-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A163543066%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F3000407%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F3000407&rft.au=Staar%2C+Richard+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolish+Institute+and+Sikorski+Museum" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPAP2011" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Polska_Agencja_Prasowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Polska Agencja Prasowa">PAP</a> (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dzieje.pl/aktualnosci/zdjecia-z-londynu-w-cyfrowym-archiwum-kart-y">"Zdjęcia z Londynu w cyfrowym archiwum Karty"</a> (in Polish)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 February</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Zdj%C4%99cia+z+Londynu+w+cyfrowym+archiwum+Karty&rft.date=2011&rft.au=PAP&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdzieje.pl%2Faktualnosci%2Fzdjecia-z-londynu-w-cyfrowym-archiwum-kart-y&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolish+Institute+and+Sikorski+Museum" class="Z3988"></span> Polish press agency report of the digitalisation of five thousand war-time photographs from the Institute's archive in London.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Time_Out_(magazine)" title="Time Out (magazine)">Time Out</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/the-lost-and-found-poles">listing of a 2008 exhibition at the Institute of retrieved photographs from a skip in Brixton, accessed 27 February 2020.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200227230036/https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/the-lost-and-found-poles">Archived</a> 27 February 2020 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuliczowa,_Kazimiera1985" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Buliczowa, Kazimiera (1985). <i>Studium Polski Podziemnej w Londynie: Informator 1947–1984</i> (in Polish). London: Studium Polski Podziemnej w Londynie.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Studium+Polski+Podziemnej+w+Londynie%3A+Informator+1947%E2%80%931984&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Studium+Polski+Podziemnej+w+Londynie&rft.date=1985&rft.au=Buliczowa%2C+Kazimiera&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolish+Institute+and+Sikorski+Museum" class="Z3988"></span> Digitized on 1 Dec 2006 by the University of Michigan</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Documents on Polish-Soviet Relations, 1939–1945", <i>General Sikorski Historical Institute</i>, London: Heinemann. 1967.</li> <li>Milewski, Waclaw. Suchcitz, Andrzej. Gorczycki, Andrzej. (Eds.) "Guide to the Archives of the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum". 1985</li> <li>Suchcitz, Andrzej. <i>O Instytucie Polskim i Muzeum im. gen. Sikorskiego w Londynie</i>, Pamiętnik Literacki, tom XIII, Londyn 1988 – About the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London, a <a href="/wiki/Memoire" class="mw-redirect" title="Memoire">Memoire</a> (in Polish).</li> <li>Suchcitz, Andrzej. <i>Powstanie Instytutu Historycznego im gen. Sikorskiego</i>, [w:] Idea Europy i Polska w XIX-XX wieku, Towarzystwo Przyjaciół <a href="/wiki/Ossolineum" title="Ossolineum">Ossolineum</a>, Wrocław 1999 – <i>The creation of the Historical Sikorski Institute</i> in "The Idea of Europe and Poland in the 19th and 20th centuries". Association of the Friends of the Ossolineum. (in Polish).</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOrr2012" class="citation book cs1">Orr, Aileen (2012). <i>Wojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero</i>. Edinburgh: Birlinn Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84341-057-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84341-057-7"><bdi>978-1-84341-057-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wojtek+the+Bear%3A+Polish+War+Hero&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pub=Birlinn+Publishers&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-84341-057-7&rft.aulast=Orr&rft.aufirst=Aileen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolish+Institute+and+Sikorski+Museum" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(24054354201).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A turret gun from a Polish 7TP light tank which was used against the invading Germans in September 1939. It was later employed by the Germans in France and recovered during the allied invasion of western Europe in 1944."><img alt="A turret gun from a Polish 7TP light tank which was used against the invading Germans in September 1939. It was later employed by the Germans in France and recovered during the allied invasion of western Europe in 1944." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824054354201%29.jpg/120px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824054354201%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824054354201%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824054354201%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824054354201%29.jpg/240px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824054354201%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3997" data-file-height="3002" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A turret gun from a Polish <a href="/wiki/7TP" title="7TP">7TP</a> light tank which was used against the invading Germans in September 1939. It was later employed by the Germans in France and recovered during the allied invasion of western Europe in 1944.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(24110865156).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A memorial to the Polish pilots who fought in World War 2"><img alt="A memorial to the Polish pilots who fought in World War 2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110865156%29.jpg/90px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110865156%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110865156%29.jpg/135px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110865156%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110865156%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110865156%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3403" data-file-height="4538" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A memorial to the Polish pilots who fought in World War 2 </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(23508668414)_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="An exhibit about the Polish contribution to the Battle of Britain"><img alt="An exhibit about the Polish contribution to the Battle of Britain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823508668414%29_%282%29.jpg/120px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823508668414%29_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823508668414%29_%282%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823508668414%29_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823508668414%29_%282%29.jpg/240px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823508668414%29_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4603" data-file-height="3451" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An exhibit about the Polish contribution to the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(23510066153).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Remains of the 178th German plane shot down by the Polish 303 squadron during the Battle of Britain"><img alt="Remains of the 178th German plane shot down by the Polish 303 squadron during the Battle of Britain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823510066153%29.jpg/120px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823510066153%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823510066153%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823510066153%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823510066153%29.jpg/240px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823510066153%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="3672" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Remains of the 178th German plane shot down by the Polish <a href="/wiki/No._303_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron">303 squadron</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(24110824446).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A memorial to the thousands of Polish men, women and children deported and starved to death on Russian soil during and after World War 2"><img alt="A memorial to the thousands of Polish men, women and children deported and starved to death on Russian soil during and after World War 2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110824446%29.jpg/90px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110824446%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110824446%29.jpg/135px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110824446%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110824446%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110824446%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3521" data-file-height="4697" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A memorial to the thousands of Polish men, women and children <a href="/wiki/Soviet_repressions_of_Polish_citizens_(1939%E2%80%9346)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet repressions of Polish citizens (1939–46)">deported and starved to death on Russian soil during and after World War 2</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(24136934585).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A report commending the actions of the Polish destroyer Piorun ("Thunderbolt") prior to the sinking of the Bismarck"><img alt="A report commending the actions of the Polish destroyer Piorun ("Thunderbolt") prior to the sinking of the Bismarck" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824136934585%29.jpg/90px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824136934585%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824136934585%29.jpg/135px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824136934585%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824136934585%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824136934585%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3628" data-file-height="4837" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A report commending the actions of the Polish destroyer <i><a href="/wiki/ORP_Piorun_(G65)" title="ORP Piorun (G65)">Piorun</a></i> ("Thunderbolt") prior to the sinking of the <i><a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck" title="German battleship Bismarck">Bismarck</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(23647074264).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Original manuscripts by Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz"><img alt="Original manuscripts by Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823647074264%29.jpg/120px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823647074264%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823647074264%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823647074264%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823647074264%29.jpg/240px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823647074264%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="3672" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Original manuscripts by Polish poet <a href="/wiki/Adam_Mickiewicz" title="Adam Mickiewicz">Adam Mickiewicz</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Instytut_sikorskiego_sztandar23.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Regimental colours"><img alt="Regimental colours" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Instytut_sikorskiego_sztandar23.JPG/120px-Instytut_sikorskiego_sztandar23.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Instytut_sikorskiego_sztandar23.JPG/180px-Instytut_sikorskiego_sztandar23.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Instytut_sikorskiego_sztandar23.JPG/240px-Instytut_sikorskiego_sztandar23.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Regimental colours</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(23979661070).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Władysław Anders room"><img alt="The Władysław Anders room" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979661070%29.jpg/120px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979661070%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979661070%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979661070%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979661070%29.jpg/240px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979661070%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4824" data-file-height="3618" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Anders" title="Władysław Anders">Władysław Anders</a> room</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(23979584800)_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A bust of Władysław Anders"><img alt="A bust of Władysław Anders" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979584800%29_%282%29.jpg/90px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979584800%29_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979584800%29_%282%29.jpg/135px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979584800%29_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979584800%29_%282%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823979584800%29_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3542" data-file-height="4724" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A bust of <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Anders" title="Władysław Anders">Władysław Anders</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(23648337493).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A souvenir from the Battle of Monte Cassino"><img alt="A souvenir from the Battle of Monte Cassino" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823648337493%29.jpg/90px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823648337493%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823648337493%29.jpg/135px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823648337493%29.jpg 1.5x, 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height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110730136%29.jpg/135px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110730136%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110730136%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824110730136%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3672" data-file-height="4896" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A sculpture of <a href="/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)" title="Wojtek (bear)">Wojtek the soldier bear</a> by <a href="/wiki/David_Harding_(artist)" title="David Harding (artist)">David Harding</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(24137007335).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A plaque commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising and Operation Tempest"><img alt="A plaque commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising and Operation Tempest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824137007335%29.jpg/90px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824137007335%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824137007335%29.jpg/135px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824137007335%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824137007335%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2824137007335%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3582" data-file-height="4778" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A plaque commemorating the 50th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising" title="Warsaw Uprising">Warsaw Uprising</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tempest" title="Operation Tempest">Operation Tempest</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(23648152953).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A bust of Jan Sobieski"><img alt="A bust of Jan Sobieski" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823648152953%29.jpg/90px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823648152953%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823648152953%29.jpg/135px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823648152953%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823648152953%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823648152953%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3555" data-file-height="4737" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A bust of <a href="/wiki/John_III_Sobieski" title="John III Sobieski">Jan Sobieski</a> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(23907122679).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Polish hussar helmet from the 17th century"><img alt="A Polish hussar helmet from the 17th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823907122679%29.jpg/90px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823907122679%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823907122679%29.jpg/135px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823907122679%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823907122679%29.jpg/180px-The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_%2823907122679%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3362" data-file-height="4485" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Polish_hussars" title="Polish hussars">Polish hussar</a> helmet from the 17th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum_(24192401601).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The emblem of the 1st Polish Armoured Division"><img alt="The emblem of the 1st Polish Armoured Division" 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Research Centre and Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)" title="The National Archives (United Kingdom)">The National Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Art_Library" title="National Art Library">National Art Library</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Barking_and_Dagenham" title="London Borough of Barking and Dagenham">Barking and Dagenham</a> (<a href="/wiki/Valence_House_Museum" title="Valence House Museum">Valence House Museum</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Barnet" title="London Borough of Barnet">Barnet</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_Finchley_Library" title="East Finchley Library">East Finchley Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Brent" title="London Borough of Brent">Brent</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kensal_Rise_Library" title="Kensal Rise Library">Kensal Rise Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Library_at_Willesden_Green" title="The Library at Willesden Green">The Library at Willesden Green</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> (Artizan Street Library, <a href="/wiki/Barbican_Library" title="Barbican Library">Barbican Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guildhall_Library" title="Guildhall Library">Guildhall Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Metropolitan_Archives" class="mw-redirect" title="London Metropolitan Archives">London Metropolitan Archives</a>, Shoe Lane Library)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a> (<a href="/wiki/Westminster_Reference_Library" title="Westminster Reference Library">Westminster Reference Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Camden" title="London Borough of Camden">Camden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Cottage_Library" title="Swiss Cottage Library">Swiss Cottage Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Croydon" title="London Borough of Croydon">Croydon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ashburton_Learning_Village" title="Ashburton Learning Village">Ashburton Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croydon_Central_Library" title="Croydon Central Library">Croydon Central Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Addington_Library" title="New Addington Library">New Addington Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Norwood_Library" title="South Norwood Library">South Norwood Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Norwood_Library" title="Upper Norwood Library">Upper Norwood Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Haringey" title="London Borough of Haringey">Haringey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hill_Library" title="Muswell Hill Library">Muswell Hill Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hillingdon" title="London Borough of Hillingdon">Hillingdon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Manor_Farm,_Ruislip" title="Manor Farm, Ruislip">Manor Farm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Islington" title="London Borough of Islington">Islington</a> (Finsbury Library, <a href="/wiki/Islington_Local_History_Centre" title="Islington Local History Centre">Islington Local History Centre</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" title="Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">Kensington and Chelsea</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kensington_Central_Library" title="Kensington Central Library">Kensington Central Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Lambeth" title="London Borough of Lambeth">Lambeth</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brixton_Library" title="Brixton Library">Brixton Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Library,_Herne_Hill" title="Carnegie Library, Herne Hill">Carnegie Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durning_Library" title="Durning Library">Durning Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Archives" title="Lambeth Archives">Lambeth Archives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minet_Library" title="Minet Library">Minet Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Streatham_Library" title="Streatham Library">Streatham Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Norwood_Library" title="Upper Norwood Library">Upper Norwood Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Merton" title="London Borough of Merton">Merton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mitcham_Library" title="Mitcham Library">Mitcham Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Southwark" title="London Borough of Southwark">Southwark</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dulwich_Library" title="Dulwich Library">Dulwich Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Harvard_Library" title="John Harvard Library">John Harvard Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peckham_Library" title="Peckham Library">Peckham Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Tower_Hamlets" title="London Borough of Tower Hamlets">Tower Hamlets</a> (<a href="/wiki/Idea_Store" title="Idea Store">Idea Store</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Wandsworth" title="London Borough of Wandsworth">Wandsworth</a> (<a href="/wiki/Battersea_Central_Library" title="Battersea Central Library">Battersea Central Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Putney_Library" title="Putney Library">Putney Library</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other libraries<br />and archives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Academic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial College">Imperial College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London_Abdus_Salam_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial College London Abdus Salam Library">Abdus Salam Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maughan_Library" title="Maughan Library">Maughan Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Library_of_Political_and_Economic_Science" title="British Library of Political and Economic Science">British Library of Political and Economic Science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Library" title="Women's Library">Women's Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/LSE_Shaw_Library" title="LSE Shaw Library">Shaw Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Arts_London" title="University of the Arts London">University of the Arts London</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick_Archive" title="Stanley Kubrick Archive">Stanley Kubrick Archive</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a> (<a href="/wiki/Senate_House_Libraries" title="Senate House Libraries">Senate House Libraries</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Charitable</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishopsgate_Library" title="Bishopsgate Library">Bishopsgate Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminist_Library" title="Feminist Library">Feminist Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Skaryna_Belarusian_Library_and_Museum" title="Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum">Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_for_Iranian_Studies_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Library for Iranian Studies 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