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"The 'Treasures of Art' series presents the most outstanding paintings, sculptures, artistic handicrafts and photography in the collections of Polish museums. In the one-hundred-and-fiftieth year of its existence (2012), the National Museum in Warsaw has emerged as a multi-departmental institution covering a wide historical and geographical span with a mission to collect, maintain and make accessible the artistic legacy of past generations, from antiquity to the present day. The great collections of Polish and European painting, drawing, prints, sculpture and artistic handicrafts, the exceptional variety of Late Medieval ecclesiastic art, the collection of ancient art and the unparalleled treasures from the Faras cathedral in Lower Nubia, as well as the collection of coins and medals and collection of art from the Far East - these are just the foundations of the museum's vast holdings."--