The name of the largest representative room of the Town Hall comes from its former function. The townspeople would gather inside and discuss important city affairs. It now houses the Gallery of Old Polish Portraiture from the 16^th to the18th century, referred to as ‘Sarmatian Portraiture’. The collection of portraits displayed here is one of the largest and most valuable in Poland. All but three of the paintings had belonged to the Rzewuskis’ gallery that together with the palace in Podhorce  was acquired by Duke Władysław Sanguszko in 1865. The founder of the Podhorce collection was Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski of the Krzywda coat of arms (1622–1728). The collecting tradition was continued by the next owner of Podhorce – Wacław Rzewuski (1706–1779). One of the portraits is a depiction of Hetman Wacław Rzewuski painted after 1779, showing him wearing the ‘White Eagle’ distinction. Also noteworthy is a small portrait of children painted in 1710, depicting Wacław and Marianna Rzewuski playing with a dog. An example of a portrait from the lower social strata preserved in the Tarnów Museum is the portrait of ‘Konik’, a serf peasant from Podhorzec. The exhibition in the Eastern Room aims to introduce the past culture of the Polish cuisine, culinary customs, and the variety of tableware types and their functions, now often completely forgotten. It houses the Museum’s most valuable works of goldsmith’s art, primarily decorative, created in the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the oldest items in the collection is an ornate gilded goblet (known as a ‘roztruchan’), made by the Nuremberg goldsmith Georg (Jörg) Ruel between 1598 and 1613. Augsburg goldsmithing is represented by objects with rich artistic decoration made at the end of the 17th century. The German silverware is complemented by a pair of 17th-century gilded candle holders with stems in the form of female figures and a tankard with decorative engravings made at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Silver and silver-plated functional tableware from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries is also on display. Starting in the 18th century, both the France-inspired culinary culture of Western Europe and of Poland developed rules for serving meals, which required a variety of tableware and cutlery. This fact is perfectly illustrated by the rest of the exhibition.