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Museum · Poland · Masovia
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
A modern museum telling a thousand years of Jewish life in Poland, built on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto.
Paid entry about 3 h
For storytellers
Why POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews matters
POLIN does something unusual: it focuses first on how Jewish communities lived, worked and celebrated in Poland over centuries, before turning to the Holocaust. The museum stands in what was the Warsaw Ghetto, opposite a monument to the Ghetto Heroes. Galleries use reconstructions, film and objects to tell the story in a moving way. Give it at least two hours, and consider an audio guide.
Talking points
- The museum begins with centuries of everyday Jewish life in Poland.
- It stands on land that was part of the Warsaw Ghetto.
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