On Thursday, the Presidential Palace began dismantling 1 of the most recognizable symbols of the Polish systemic transformation. The circular Table, where power talks with the opposition were held in 1989, leaves typical interiors and will be transferred to the Museum of Polish History.
Information about the beginning of the works was provided by the President's Office on X, publishing a recording of the dismantling of the furniture. "The process of transferring the circular Table to the Museum of past of Poland began at the Presidential Palace" – we read.
– present free, sovereign, independent Poland can afford more than idealizing the circular Table. It must be remembered, but do not pay tribute to him at the Presidential Palace – said president Karol Nawrocki during the conference.
The removal of the circular Table from the Presidential Palace was not an initiative of Karol Nawrocki
Although the decision sparked political comments and speculation, Onet found that it had no bearing on the current head of state. The transfer of the circular Table is not an initiative of president Karol Nawrocki, but a consequence of earlier arrangements.
– The arrangements for transferring the circular Table to the Museum of Polish past are from a good fewer years ago, inactive from the presidency of Mr Andrzej Duda. Now it just materialized – says Dr. Michał Przeperski, Press spokesperson of the Museum of Polish History.
As he adds, the exhibition will become 1 of the key elements of the prepared permanent exhibition, and work on it has late importantly accelerated. Doubts about whether a museum is suitable for specified an crucial symbol are unfounded in his opinion.
– It would most likely be hard to find a more serious historical artifact that concerns the fresh past of Poland. The circular Table is an highly crucial part of furniture for it – emphasises Dr. Przeperski, paying attention to its symbolic significance, even though in practice it was only utilized twice.
The MHP spokesperson besides points out that the museum's facility will go under the care of professional conservationists and will be decently embedded in the communicative at the turn of 1989. “For me, there is no uncertainty that the circular Table is already a deep story, but an artifact of peculiar importance,” he adds in a conversation with Onet.
The circular Table is to be made available to visitors in 2027 as part of a permanent exhibition devoted to the latest past of Poland.
