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Past exhibitions
“You and Me”. A lifestyle magazine in communist Poland | exhibition
After Poland’s period of post-war turmoil, reconstruction, cult of personality and mass parades came to an end, and the late 1950s political thaw-driven wave of enthusiasm and hope for something died out, came the time for stabilization – a “small stabilization”. People got busy furnishing their homes, finding something to wear, planning their free time and...
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IN PASSING. THE UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROMUALD BRONIAREK | exhibition
Romuald Broniarek (1931-2013) – a photographer and photojournalist who worked for the weekly Przyjaźń, a subsidiary of the Polish-Soviet Friendship Society, throughout his professional life and until the fall of communism.
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Zbyszko Siemaszko: Warsaw’s Photographer
While Zbyszko Siemaszko referred to himself as a documentarian, he took a decidedly creative approach to the job. He captured Warsaw in a way few of its residents ever had a chance to see it. His ability to observe and photograph gave the city a glow. In spite of our full knowledge of communist Poland’s realities,...
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Posed, Candid. Wojciech Plewiński’s photographs | exhibition
Photographer, architect by training, scuba diver, skier—Wojciech Plewiński is a man of many passions. When asked about his profession, he replies: “photographer.” But he claims that he became one only by accident, and that scuba diving was “probably the greatest thing in my life.”
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They escaped to Manchuria
80 years ago the world found out about Katyn. News of the Soviet massacre of Polish prisoners of war, publicized by the propaganda machine of the Third Reich – the aggressor state which began World War II – shook the wartime alliance.
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NIEDENTHAL | exhibition
The History Meeting House invites you to an exhibition of the works of an outstanding photographer Chris Niedenthal, marking fifty years of his career as a photojournalist. We will present more than 200 pictures selected by Anna Brzezińska and Katarzyna Puchalska from the author’s vast collection of hundreds of thousands of photos.
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Green Warsaw. Urban gardening initiatives from the 19th century until today | open-air exhibition
Where were the first English gardens created? When did modern urban gardening begin to develop in Warsaw? What drew the crowds to a fashionable retreat in the village of Powązki and why were 340 linden trees from the Kampinos Forest replanted there? What role did Izabela Czartoryska, Franciszek Szanior, Leon Danielewicz and Alina Scholtz play in shaping...
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Seeing the Cityscape. Czesław Olszewski’s photography | exhibition
Czesław Olszewski (1894-1969) was one of the most outstanding Polish architectural photographers. He captured the modernisation of the Polish state in the 1930s and its reconstruction after World War II on several thousand negatives. From 17 March, the History Meeting House invites you to the exhibition of his photographs.
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From Baku to Paris. The Photographic Adventures of Witold Marczewski | exhibition
Photography, travel and history enthusiasts will all find something interesting in Witold Marczewski’s photographs, which will be shown at our first exhibition of this author’s works opening 31 March! With the photographs donated to the HMH by the Marczewski Family, visitors will have the opportunity to travel back in time to the beginning...
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My Home. Civilians in the face of war: Poland, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon
The world is on fire again, this time behind our eastern border. Suddenly, archival photographs from the siege of Warsaw in 1939 have become disturbingly reminiscent of pictures from Kharkiv in 2022.
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The Only Ones. Untold Stories of Polish Female Photographers | exhibition
The Only Ones. Untold Stories of Polish Female Photographers exhibition accompanies the book of the same title, published in June this year, and includes almost 150 photos taken by thirteen photographers, among them the protagonists of the book: Anna Beata Bohdziewicz, Anna Maria Brzezińska, Iwona Burdzanowska, Joanna Helander, Marzena Hmielewicz, Anna...
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In Focus. Photo reportages from ITD 1960–1990 | exhibition
Photo reportage from a juvenile detention centre, visit of the healer Clive Harris, the Easter tradition of burning of Judas, a hippie convention near Jasna Góra, music festival in Jarocin, construction of the “Bogdanka” lignite mine, the life of Roma people, and many other topics. Thirty years of life of the Polish people in the Polish...
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The Republic of Dreams | immersive installation
The Republic of Dreams is a project exploring the work of Bruno Schulz saturated with symbols and metaphorical images situated on the border between consciousness and dreams. The inventor and author of the project, Mika Johnson, along with artists from Polish, USA, Czech Republic, and Ukraine, invites the audience on a journey through the Schulz universe via...
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The first Constitution for Europe – the 190th anniversary. Warsaw, 1831-2021 | exhibition
The Constitution for Europe reads: “the geographic borders we have known shall be relinquished forever”. This bold declaration contained a postulate of establishing a European republic – a state that would have uniform law and a common government. The outdoor exhibition The first Constitution for Europe – the 190th anniversary. Warsaw, 1831-2021 sheds...
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Belarus. The Road to Freedom | exhibition
Crowds in the streets of Minsk, freedom marches, armed militia officers dispersing peaceful demonstrations, and protesting women, including a bride in a white-red-white dress and Nina Bahinskaji who has been fighting the dictatorship since 1995. These are just some of the images documenting the last months of the Belarusian society’s struggle for free elections and...
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Warsaw Reborn. Reportage Photography 1945–1949
Warsaw Reborn. Reportage Photography 1945–1949 commemorates the 75th anniversary of Warsaw’s reconstruction. For Anna Brzezińska and Katarzyna Madoń-Mitzner, authors of the album and curators of the exhibition, this display is a crowning point of their long-standing work with the photographic collection from the archives of the Polish Press Agency. The subject...
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Polish Expeditions. Himalayas’74 and Antarctica’77 in the Pictures of Mirek Wiśniewski
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 altitude of 8,250 meters above sea level and paved the way for other great achievements of the...
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Spring, Summer, WAR… Warsaw 1939
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. The exhibition shows one year in the life of the capital. The year when suddenly...
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Reaching the Moon
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, an exhibition Reaching the Moon mounted by the History Meeting House will be on display,...
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Tadeusz Rolke. Warsaw Photographs exhibition
The exhibition Tadeusz Rolke. Warsaw Photographs presents the works of one of the most outstanding Polish photographers, a doyen of post-war photojournalism, and a Varsovian who has been inseparable from his camera for several decades.
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Regained. A photo essay from Warsaw 1918-1939
We are proud to present the exhibition Regained. A photo essay from Warsaw 1918-1939 as part of the centenary celebrations of regaining independence by Poland. It is a picture story about the city, a stroll down the streets and hidden corners of pre-war Warsaw, a close encounter with its inhabitants. The exhibition curators, Anna Brzezińska...
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Aerial Perspective of the City. Warsaw on the Eve of Independence
What did Warsaw from a bird’s eye view look like on the eve of independence? What was the view onto the capital from rooftops of tenement houses and church steeples? Open-air exhibition of photographs from Robert Marcinkowski’s collection opens on 13 May in Jan Twardowski Square.
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In Search of Freedom 1968-2018
How did protesters express their need for freedom half a century ago? What did young people on both sides of the Iron Curtain, Poles, Slovenians, Spaniards, fight for? How did their demands converge and how did they differ? Are slogans adopted in 1968 still open?
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Krzysztof Miller. 1989
The year 1989 brought freedom and hope. That is the story these photographs tell, as Paweł Smoleński writes in the text opening the exhibition. Krzysztof Miller took these photos early in his career. What is the year 1989 as seen through his eyes? We are pleased to invite you to the exhibition Krzysztof Miller. 1989.
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Paderewski
2018 is an exceptional year for Poland as we are commemorating the centenary of independence. Now that we are celebrating our freedom and sovereignty, we would like to present one of their architects, Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Not only was he one of the fathers of independence, but he was also a phenomenal musician, recognized all over the...
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Afro PRP. The image of the Africans in the Polish press photography from 1955-1989
Exotic instruments, dark faces, foreign, melodious words...Brazil? The Amazon river settlement? No. Marszałkowska street in August – that is how the World Festival of Youth and Students in Warsaw in 1955 was described in the Polish press. Why did the PRP aspire to be a good place to live for the Africans who decided to come to Poland...
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Personal luggage. The Aftermath of March
On the 50th anniversary of March1968 the History Meeting House is proud to present the exhibition Personal luggage. The Aftermath of March. This is a polyphonic story of the generation of post-March emigrants who left Poland with a document stating that its holder is no longer the citizen of this country. They were leaving Poland at the turn...
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Marjan Fuks. The first press photographer of the Second Polish Republic
The exhibition of the founder of the first photographic agency in Poland, hailed as ‘the king of Polish press photographers’, ‘Napoleon of photography’, ‘the eye of Warsaw’, and ‘the devil who sees everything, knows everyone, and will dig up information on everything from everyone’. Marjan Fuks in his photographs captured the most...
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Woodrow Wilson. The Ally of Poland
The exhibition presents US president, Woodrow Wilson’s contribution to regaining independence by Poland.
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From Poland with Love
The exhibition From Poland with Love is a story of Poles‘ gratitude for American support in regaining independence in 1918. It was expressed in 111-volume Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States, signed by 5.5 million Poles, i.e. 20 per cent of the country population, in 1926.
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