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Well, yes, the unique collection of sundials, said to be the world's third largest, is what the museum is best known for. It was the local doctor, Feliks Przypkowski, who started collecting sundials in 1895, a hobby later taken up by his son, Tadeusz Przypkowski. However, not only did Tadeusz, a true Renaissance man, continue his father's passion, he also had a number of his own; his interests included the history of arts and astronomy, printmaking and bromoil photography, bibliophilia and bookplates, heraldry and numismatics... as well as the enjoyment of good food and drink.
Before World War II, Tadeusz Przypkowski obtained his PhD in arts history at Jagiellonian University in Cracow and followed his studies with extensive travels (including Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, England, Spain, Portugal, North Africa, the Balkan Peninsula, Norway and Estonia). Eventually he got a job as a cultural propaganda specialist -- first in Cracow and later in Warsaw. Back then, the word ``propaganda" didn't yet carry negatvie connotation it does today; it was rather equivalent to ``promotion" or ``public relations". His duties in Cracow included serving as a tourist guide to high-ranking foreign visitors (among others, he had the questionable honour of showing the German minister of propaganda, Josef Goebbels, around Poland's historic capital). He settled down back home in Jędrzejów -- a small town on the road from Kielce to Cracow -- once the war broke out, but still kept in touch with many interesting people from various countries, especially France. ``I am to be found either in Paris," he was fond of saying, ``or in Jędrzejów."<ref>{{Cyt
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