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Looking back at 2021. 7 special projects
Dear Friends, As the year slowly ends, I would like to share with you my subjective list of the seven most important things that happened at the Galicia Jewish Museum in 2021. The projects listed below are all part of larger and longer programs, often created in close cooperation with partners from Poland or abroad. […]
Opening hours during holiday season
December 24th and 25th – closed December 26th – 12.00-18.00 December 31st – 11.00-15.00 January 1st, 2022 – 12.00-18.00
Family Hanukkah
On-site event We will light Hanukkah candles at the Galicia Jewish Museum for eight days to warm up the dark winter evenings in Krakow. In December, as part of Family Sunday, we would like to invite you to a fun night at the museum full of dreidels and chocolate Hanukkah gelt! Children and adults alike […]
The Academy of Guardians of Memory – presentation and summary of the project
Online event Zoom link (active on the day of the event): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88388972709 We would like to invite you to an online meeting of a summary of “The Academy of Guardians of Memory” project, conducted by the Galicia Jewish Museum. Ten participants of the project will tell us how they managed to activate their local communities […]
A Different Museum. Alternative Guided Tours at the Galicia Jewish Museum
On-site event One exhibition. One item. One story. The Galicia Jewish Museum currently presents six different exhibitions: “Traces of Memory. A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland” , “An Unfinished Memory: Jewish Heritage and the Holocaust in Eastern Galicia”, “10 Polish Cities—10 Jewish Stories”, “Sweet Home Sweet: A Story of Survival, Memory, and […]
A Different Museum. Alternative Guided Tours at the Galicia Jewish Museum
On-site event One exhibition. One item. One story. The Galicia Jewish Museum currently presents six different exhibitions: “Traces of Memory. A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland”, “An Unfinished Memory: Jewish Heritage and the Holocaust in Eastern Galicia”, “10 Polish Cities—10 Jewish Stories”, “Sweet Home Sweet: A Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns”, […]
Progressive Jewish services with Or Hadash and a special guest, Cantor Mike Stein (USA)
Hazzan Mike Stein has been the cantor at Temple Aliyah in Los Angeles, CA. for 21 years. He is the recipient of the coveted Samuel Rosenbaum award for Scholarship and Creativity from the Cantors Assembly. Mike also received the Hiddur Mitzvah Award from Masorti Olami. He has worked extensively with Jewish communities in Uganda, Kenya, […]
Happy Birthday, Piazzolla! – San Luis Tango (ARG) and Magdalena Lechowska (PL)
On-site event On the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla’s (AKA the Great Master of Tango) birthday, San Luis Tango and Magdalena Lechowska will present the distinguished works of the Great Master of Tango. San Luis Tango, an Argentinian tango ensemble, was established in 2006 by world-famous instrumentalists and vocalists. The repertoire of the band includes […]
Online guided tour through the exhibition “Sweet Home Sweet. A Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns”
Online event “Sweet Home Sweet. A Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns” is an exhibition devoted to three generations of the Ores family and their relationship with Poland. The exhibition opened in September of this year. “Sweet Home Sweet” tells the unusual Ores family story, as well as how the Holocaust memory and narrative is […]
