The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews invites you to a joint exhibition tour. Every Saturday for three more weeks, the guides of the permanent collection will take anyone willing to take a walk online. Tomorrow we will learn how the world of Polish Jews changed in the 19th century. If you haven't had a chance to see the exhibition with your own eyes - it's worth it!
Every Saturday at 10 am there will be guided online walks through successive galleries of the permanent exhibition "1000 years of the history of Polish Jews". Stories about Jewish holidays, customs, religion and culture will await visitors. About love, friendship, sacrifice and struggle. About the life known from chronicles and newspapers, as well as the one known from the streets in Jewish neighborhoods.
Even if someone is familiar with the "1000 Years of the History of the Polish Jews" exhibition, thanks to the virtual walks they have a chance to discover new content, meet previously unknown characters, " encourages Dagmara Mańka-Wizor, head of the press office of the POLIN Museum in Warsaw.
Visitors will go to the train station to see where Jews traveled in the 19th century
Photo: M. Starowieyska, D.Golik / POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
As part of online walks through the "1000 years of the history of Polish Jews - without leaving home" exhibition, visitors will learn about the Challenges of Modernity (1772-1914) Gallery during a walk entitled "Train to Modernity - how did the world of Polish Jews change in the 19th century?" the 19th century on Polish soil and the consequences of the partitions, which changed the life of the entire society, will be presented. We became citizens of three different countries: Austria, Prussia and Russia. How did this affect the religious life of Polish Jews? What strands of Judaism did they begin to follow? Visitors will go to the railroad station to see where Jews traveled in the 19th century and how they influenced the development of railroads in the Kingdom of Poland. They will also pay a visit to Lodz , a city that was a symbol of the industrial revolution, learn about the Great Synagogue on Tlomackie Street and the history of the great emigrations of the late 19th century.
For more information, visit the POLINwebsite.
