Prof. Piotr Laidler, JU Vice-Rector for Medical College, and Dr hab. Krzysztof Stopka, prof. UJ, director of the JU Collegium Maius Museum, have officially opened the exhibition entitled The Development of Geographical Ideas in Poland. The preview took place on 18 August in the Collegium Maius courtyard.

The exhibition is aimed at illustrating how the perception of the world changed over the centuries, and how the environment we live in used to be studied and described. The exhibition is divided into several sections devoted to different phases of the history of Polish geography: initial phase (until the late 15th century), golden age (late 15th – early 17th century), decline and rebirth (early 17th – middle 19th century), beginnings of modern Polish geography (middle 19th century – early 20th century), development of schools of geographical thought (1919-1939).

Besides the works which were key for the development of the Polish geography, the exhibition will also contain instruments used to gather data in both theoretical and field research. The exhibition will be accompanied by a poster board display in the Professors' Garden and on the Huta Courtyard, devoted to the losses and changes caused by the Second World War as well as the contemporary Polish geography: academic centres, field research units, and student life.

The exhibition will be open for visitors until 7 December 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m, Monday to Friday. Admission free.