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Collegium Maius Building\nUniversity of Opole Rector’s insignia, commemorative medals and portraits

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The Museum of University of Opole houses historical (1970) and current (2021) insignia of the rector’s office: chains, rings and scepters made of silver and decorated with precious stones. A frequent decorative motif is the eagle of the Piast dynasty(the first royal house of Poland) wearing a crown. It also stores commemorative medals in bronze or patinated bronze (size from 6 to 9 cm in diameter) that commemorate various jubilees – the University inauguration in 1994, the University tenth and twentieth anniversaries in 2004 and 2014 respectively. It also exhibits originals and replicas of oil paintings of University rectors in ceremonial robes. It is also possible to see the commemorative portraits of all University of Opole Honorary Doctors (Polish and foreign scholars, intellectuals, leaders and artists) as well as landscape painting and other portraits, decorations and statues in Collegium Maius