Anniversaries & holidays 26.06.2024 Happy birthday to Marian Turski! Marian Turski is without a doubt an institution—a person who devoted his whole life to history, sharing his expertise and reflection with others.
Tour 31.08.2024 Guided tour of "1000 years of history of the Polish Jews" exhibition in English Join a tour group! We invite you on a guided walk through 1000 years of Polish Jewish history.
Meeting 29.06.2023 POLIN Reading Room: Silvia Foti’s "Storm in the Land of Rain: A Memoir" Yale Reisner will talk to the author Silvia Foti and film maker Michael Kretzmer.
Exhibition 17.05-16.12.2024 "(post)JEWISH… Shtetl Opatów Through the Eyes of Mayer Kirshenblatt" Polish towns have two histories—one that is remembered, the other faded into oblivion. Painter Mayer Kirshenblatt will be our guide through this no longer existing world.
Seminar Applications accepted until 20.06.2023 The 21st International Summer Seminar in Yiddish Language and Culture The program lasts for three weeks and includes intensive classes where participants will be able not only to learn Yiddish, but also take part in many interesting activities.
Jewish Cultural Heritage 19-20.10.2023 International congress "Jewish Cultural Heritage: Practices, Perspectives, Challenges" Two-day congress is a celebration of education on diversity, and a platform for exchanging experiences, discussing new topics and interpreting the role of Jewish culture and history in contemporary Europe.
Exhibition Illustration exhibition "Create Creatures" The Adventures of Sindbad the Seafarer Mini-exhibition of Julia Konieczna's illustrations to "The Adventures of Sinbad the Seafarer" by Bolesław Leśmian
Lecture 18.06.2023 European Jews between Globalization and Deglobalization Tara Zahra's lecture will examine the history of Jewish as emblems of globalization, as a lens on both the history of Jews and the history of globalism in the 20th century.
For Children 28.05.2023 Children’s Day. Journey to the land of emotions Family picnic on the occasion of the International Children’s Day
Museum 16.05.2023 Still Standing 2023 – a performative action A performative action in which human body is treated as a living sculpture created in relation to its location
Event 13.05.2023 Night of Museums – What's up at POLIN? This year, our theme is, "What's up at POLIN?".
Meeting 21.05.2023 - online POLIN Reading Room: "Around Us a Sea of Fire. The Fate of Jewish Civilians During the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising" Join a discussion of the publication accompanying POLIN Museum’s temporary exhibition, "Around Us a Sea of Fire."
Tour 14.10.2023 Without a Shadow. Hideouts in the Warsaw Ghetto – finissage Marking six locations in Muranów where people used to hide during the 1943 Uprising.
Exhibition 28.04-23.08.2023 Blum / Cieśniewski. Life, After All Visit the exhibition of works by Israeli painter and graphic artist Aviva Blum and by Polish painter Wojciech Cieśniewski.
Museum 19.04.2023 Marian Turski’s speech delivered at the state ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising It’s easy to gather support by means of hatred. And yet, will this hatred not spell doom—upon myself, upon you, upon your children and grandchildren?
Lecture 23.04.2023 A Different Kind of Courage: Jewish Civilians in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Prof. Barbara Engelking's keynote lecture will be devoted to people not usually mentioned in the history of the uprising – Jewish civilians.