The Moon landing in the summer of 1969 has been called 'one giant leap for mankind', 'a stage of evolution' and 'the end of the space race'. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day when Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Silver Globe. From 20 July,...

Could anyone have imagined what war would be like for Warsaw and its inhabitants? How much would it change the city? Could anyone have prepared for it? The History Meeting House invites you to an exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II....

In 1974 Mirek Wiśniewski, at the instigation of Himalayan mountaineer Andrzej Zawada, joined the national expedition to Lhotse as a driver and photographer. Even though they failed to reach the summit of Lhotse, Andrzej Zawada and Zygmunt Heinrich reached the...