The Nikifor Museum is located in the historic ‘Romanówka’ villa in Krynica-Zdrój. It is dedicated to one of the most famous naive painters in the history of world art. The permanent exhibition presents his life and achievements through selected works of art as well as documents, photographs, and mementos of the artist. Nikifor achieved great international fame in the last ten years of his life. During this period and after the artist’s death in 1968, hundreds of exhibitions of his works were organised all over the world. In this respect, Nikifor is on a par with the most famous Polish painters, among whom he undoubtedly numbers. These events are documented by, among other things, the original archival posters presented in this room. Particularly noteworthy are those that recall important and ground-breaking moments in Nikifor’s artistic career. There is a poster for his first solo exhibition in Poland, organised by Andrzej Banach in the rooms of the Architects’ Association on Foksal Street in Warsaw in 1949. A very important poster is the one from the artist’s first exhibition in Paris, at the Dina Vierna Gallery in April 1959, which began a string of exhibitions in renowned galleries and museums in many countries around the world. Another recalls a retrospective exhibition in Warsaw’s Zachęta Gallery in 1967, an exhibition that became a cultural event on a national scale. It constituted the most important review of the artist’s achievements made during his lifetime. Nikifor was shown in the Polish National Gallery on a par with the greatest contemporary painters. There is also a poster documenting the opening of the Nikifor Museum in Krynica in 1995. Nikifor was liked by many professional artists who appreciated the qualities of his paintings. Sometimes he himself was portrayed by them. Several such likenesses of the artist can be found in the collections of the museum in Nowy Sącz. Two of them, by M. Dawska (1950) and W. Górski (1958), are presented in this room. Nikifor’s famous chest, which served him for several decades of his life, is also here. It is a folk chest decorated with floral ornamentation, on which Nikifor also placed his inscriptions. Locked with a massive padlock, it was Nikifor’s ‘treasure chest’ where he kept his paintings. Sometimes, when he was homeless, the chest served as his bed. On a table beneath the window is Nikifor’s original ‘OLYMPIA’ radio, one of several he owned in the last years of his life, as he enjoyed listening to music while painting.