The Jewish Town (1648-1772)

Shtetls, or towns where Jews constituted majority within the population, were scattered all over the eighteenth-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Find out what the daily life in a shtetl was like. Visit a vibrant market square and a tavern.

Enter a Jewish home, where women played the leading role. In a church, you will learn about the history of Polish-Jewish relations. The unique reconstruction of the painted vault of the wooden synagogue in Gwoździec is the gallery’s main attraction.

The renovation process is a story in itself, to be discovered at the next page >>

Lead Historian: prof. Adam Teller (Brown University, USA).