• Tours in Polish: 7.15PM, 8.15PM, 9.30PM
• Tours in Ukrainian: 9PM and 10.30PM
• Tour in English: 8.30PM
• Meeting point: the main hall

Set off with our guide on a half-hour journey through the POLIN Museum Core Exhibition to discover the many meanings of the notion of respite. In the Jewish Town gallery, we’ll immerse ourselves in the ambience of Shabbat—the holy day of rest. Next, as we stroll down the street of prewar Warsaw, we’ll listen to the melodies performed by Jewish musicians, we will pop into a cinema and visit the legendary ‘Mała Ziemiańska’ café where time was passed amid literary discussions and artistic gatherings.

• Tour in Polish with translation into the Polish Sign Language: 7.30PM
• Guide: Dr Tamara Sztyma, the Gallery curator

Get acquainted with the Legacy Gallery, a calm and inspirational space dedicated to outstanding individuals amongst Polish Jews. While listening to evocative music, you will discover fascinating biographies and works of artists, writers, scholars and politicians who shaped both Polish and global culture. It’s the perfect place for a moment of rest and reflection.

• Tours guided by the Museum staff: 7.45PM, 9.15PM, 10PM, 11PM
• Meeting point at the main hall
• Duration: ca 30 minutes
• Limited space, priority is determined by the order of registration at the ticket desk before the tour.

POLIN Museum boasts a fantastic building, with many spaces designed for our visitors to rest. As every year on the Night of Museums, we continue our popular tours of the Museum building. On this special night, our staff will show you the offices and studios that are usually closed to visitors.

Is there a chill-out zone on the roof? Do we bake challahs in the Museum? What’s the temperature in the conservation studio? Where do the Museum staff take a break? Can you lie down in the exhibition space? You’ll learn all that—and much more—during the tours guided by the POLIN Museum staff. We’ll show you, among other places, the building’s basement, the roof, the culinary lab and the conservation studio.

Schedule:

• 7.45PM – office space – Łucja Koch – Deputy Director for Education and Sales
• 9.45PM – office space in Ukrainian – Mikhaylo Zubar – Promotion Specialist, Promotion and Communications Department
• 9.15PM, 10PM – conservation studio – Dr Marta Frączkiewicz – collections curator, Erika Krzyczkowska-Roman – head of the Conservation Unit, Collections Department
• 11PM – the Museum building – Jacek Szczygieł, head of the Security Department.

• Activities addressed to youth aged 14–18
• Registration required—register no later than 11 May (until the end of the day)
• Workshops and exhibition tour with flashlights— 8PM – 2AM
• 2AM – night film screening and a sleepover at the Museum for the brave!

On this Night of Museums, forget about the rush and the urban bustle—at POLIN Museum, we slow down to celebrate being together. First, we’ll listen to stories about the importance of rest in Jewish tradition. Next, we’ll release our creative energy using a variety of materials. The evening will get even better with freshly baked challahs and hot cocoa and will culminate in a magical flashlight tour of the sleepy Core Exhibition. If you wish, stay with us for a late‐night film screening—with popcorn—and a true "Night in the Museum" experience! Bring your sleeping bags and comfortable clothes—we’ll take care of the rest.

• For families with children aged 5–10
• Venue: Core Exhibition
• Start: Museum ticket desk (here you collect a card required for the game). Participation in the game is free of charge
• Prizes await the participants! (collection at the Museum ticket desk)
• Language versions: Polish, Ukrainian, English, Belarussian
• You should plan ca 1–1,5 h for the game

"Mystery Museum" game is designed for families with children aged 5–10. During the tour of the Core Exhibition*, you will solve puzzles as you discover the most engaging spots within the exhibition space. Along the way, you’ll learn many fascinating facts about Jewish culture. Prizes await all participants!

*The game covers selected galleries—from the Middle Ages to the interwar years.

• Open from 7PM until 10PM
• For families with children. Please note: in the King Matt’s Family Education Area, children remain under the supervision of their adult guardians.
• Free admission
• Children with guardians don’t have to queue to join the workshop (staff entrance from the side of Anielewicza Street)

We invite you to explore the "POLIN: Space to Relax and Create" mini-exhibition created by illustrator and artist Julia Konieczna. We will watch various animals and follow their traces. We will make magnets featuring their images, as well as colorful toys. We’ll play a memory game inspired by the animals on the roof of the Gwoździec synagogue. A relaxation zone awaits as well—soft cushions and soothing forest sounds will help you catch your breath.

• Multimedia installation by Ula Milanowska and Sylwester Łuczak in the Museum’s main hall and in the Legacy Gallery
• "Echo" light installation by Karolina Hałatek in the Museum’s main hall
• Collage-making workshop at the Legacy Gallery, 7PM – 1AM, free admission, no registration required

Multimedia installation by Ula Milanowska and Sylwester Łuczak

Elements evoking the ambience of night-time and Jewish symbolism will appear on the walls of the Museum’s main hall. Warm light will offer a moment of solace before or after your visits to the museums during on this special evening. We will gently awaken your creative power in the course of a collage-making workshop and a projection-art workshops. The neon sculpture by Hubert Czerepok in the Legacy Gallery will serve as an inspiration for your collage motifs.

The installation is the work of Ula Milanowska and Sylwester Łuczak who combine many forms of artistic activity and experiment with various visual techniques. Their specialty is arranging unusual and original spaces using projections, light and mis-en-scene. They design and build their own multimedia installations for major events, performances, concerts and festivals, and they also run workshops on visual-arts techniques.

"Echo" light installation by Karolina Hałatek

An opportunity to experience the "Echo" light installation by Karolina Hałatek will be yet another highlight of the evening. Step inside this open structure, pause for a moment and discover a new sensation—becoming the center of the story yourself. It’s not just about watching—it is about experiencing firsthand how light and space can touch upon our memories and emotions.

Accessibility

Mobility Area:

• Museum spaces free of architectural barriers such as thresholds
• wheelchair access to every section of both the Core and temporary exhibitions

Listening Area:

• induction loops
• noise-canceling headphones
• audio guides for the Core Exhibition
• audio descriptions for the temporary exhibition (equipment available at the entrance to the exhibition space)

Visual Area:

• tactile graphics in the temporary exhibition
• descriptions in the Core Exhibition in Braille.