Szanowni Państwo!

It gives us great pleasure to present another issue of “Ochrona Zabytków”, a quarterly which, we trust, has already become a permanent part of your library collections. It is our ambition that it should meet your expectations by enabling an expansion of interests, assisting in research and, primarily, acting as a forum for an exchange of information and practical experiences. With this objective in mind, we try to constantly pursue problems related to a widely comprehended protection and conservation of historical objects, the cultural landscape, and historical heritage as a whole. We would like to draw your attention to the particularly noteworthy article about conservation at the Museum-Castle in Łańcut as well as texts about the Beautiful Well in Nysa, the town hall in Jawor, or the exciting history of the non-extant Pompeian Cabinet at the former Municipal Museum in Szczecin. The section devoted to landscapes includes material about the restored parks and gardens of Warmia and Mazuria. Authors writing about non-material heritage describe its assorted and prominent, albeit frequently ignored aspects. An extremely interesting and commendable article on the tasks of archaeology involved in the revalorisation of gardens stresses that the significance of excavations conducted in parks and gardens simply cannot be overestimated. The part played by garden archaeologists in becoming familiar with the historical shape of old gardens remains outstanding. Hoping that you will enjoy this selection of texts, we sincerely recommend the successive issue of “Ochrona Zabytków”, soon to be published, and renew our invitation to consider further co-operation. Respectfully yours, Jacek Rulewicz Director of the National Centre for Historical Monument Studies and Documentation