Archiwum kategorii: museums



The National Museum of Scotland – 6000 visitors in the first hour!

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22.000 people in the first day.

Museum of Communist Crime

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During a debate ‘History at school and in life’ held on Monday in Presidential Palace, president Bronislaw Komorowski emphasized the crucial role of history in shaping Polish state and nation. Furthermore, president declared his wish to create a museum of communist crime.

Worth visiting! Castle in Janowiec near Kazimierz Dolny on the Vistula river

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Animal Body Worlds Exhibition in London

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Animal anatomy can be seen in Natural History Museum in London. A controversial exhibition in the Body Worlds series has just opened there, during which animal specimens are presented in an untypical way.

Dabrowski to be a Museum of the History of Polish Jews plenipotentiary?

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According to the information by the Polish Press Agency (PAP), the decision whether or not National Opera director Waldemar Dabrowski will become a plenipotentiary responsible for the opening of Museum of the History of Polish Jews will be made in April.

World War II Museum you have never been to before

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Going down to the level minus 14  will make the world and everyday reality disappear, these will be left behind us. The lower one goes, the darker it becomes- an interview by Gazeta Wyborcza with Jacek Droszcz and Andrzej Kwieciński, architects and authors of the World War II museum project.

Kate and William’s wax figures at Madame Tussaud’s

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Wax figures of Kate Middleton and Prince Williams were unveiled at Madame Tussaud’s wax figure gallery in London. Their likenesses also appeared in museums in Amsterdam and the New York City.

Museum of Art in Lodz in the Google Art Project

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The internet service Google Art Project allows viewing unique work of art collections from galleries worldwide. Two Polish institutions, Museum of Art in Lodz and Museum of the Palace in Wilanow, have recently joined the database.

‘Titanic Belfast’ Museum is open

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of Titanic’s sinking. That is exactly why it was  on the 31st of March, 2012 in Belfast that the Titanic museum opened. It is the most prominent Titanic-dedicated museum thus far.

Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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The initiative to create the Museum of the History of Polish Jews originated in the Jewish Historical Institute Association and was gradually gaining regard both in Poland and worldwide.