After having been shown in 4 museums throughout Europe (Switzerland, Portugal, Austria and the Netherlands), the exhibition tour of Masterpieces of Medieval Art from the National Museum in Warsaw has ended in Utrecht on January 6, 2008 after almost exactly 14 months.

The exhibition showed a selection of 27 of the most precious and exquisite medieval artworks from the National Museum in Warsaw, which holds a marvelous and extremely well preserved collection of works from that period.

Experts and critics alike were astonished that such fragile works could be allowed to travel to several museums over such an extended period of time, but the careful planning by the Art Centre Basel, as well as the excellent collaboration between the Polish transport company and the several international host museums proved to be perfect. Absolutely no damages were reported on any of the fragile artworks after the final inspection and all the objects have been safely returned to Poland, to again become a part of the permanent display at the National Museum in Warsaw.

Art Centre Basel would like to thank the National Museum in Warsaw for the loans and the collaboration, as well as all host museums for taking on this exhibition. We also would like to thank all other involved companies and persons (transport, insurance, escort, authors, experts, etc.) who have collaborated to make this exhibition a success.

The exhibition catalogue is available to buy here.