Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a museum dedicated to preserving and recalling the memory of the history of Jews in Poland. The museum is located on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday, Wednesday—Friday, and Sunday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Saturday: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Tuesday: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum founded in 2005 in Warsaw
  • Also known as: “Museum of History of Polish Jews in Warsaw”, “Museum of the History of Polish Jews”, “POLIN”, and “POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews”
  • Address: Mordechaja Anielewicza 6, Warszawa, 00-157
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monument to the Ghetto Heroes and Pawiak.

Monument
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The is a monument in , , commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 during the Second World War. It is located in the area which was formerly a part of the Warsaw Ghetto, at the spot where the first armed clash of the uprising took place.

Museum
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was a prison built in 1835 in , Congress Poland. During the January 1863 Uprising, it served as a transfer camp for Poles sentenced by Imperial Russia to deportation to . is situated 360 metres southwest of Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

Memorial
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The is a stone monument dedicated to the Żegota organization, which rescued Jews during the Holocaust in Poland. It is on Anielewicza Street in the neighborhood of , Poland, near the and the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muranów and Muranów Południowy.

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood in the districts of Śródmieście and in central , the capital of . It was founded in the 17th century. The name is derived from the palace belonging to Simone Giuseppe Belotti, a architect, who originally came to Warsaw from the island of .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Latitude
52.24936° or 52° 14′ 58″ north
Longitude
20.99313° or 20° 59′ 35″ east
Levels
4
Open location code
9G426XXV+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 186141946
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q429069
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Музей гісторыі польскіх яўрэяў”
  • Belarusian: “Музэй гісторыі польскіх жыдоў”
  • Belarusian: “Полін”
  • Bulgarian: “Музей за история на полските евреи „Полин””
  • Chinese: “波蘭猶太人歷史博物館”
  • Croatian: “Muzej povijesti poljskih Židova”
  • Czech: “Muzeum dějin polských Židů”
  • Czech: “Polin”
  • Dutch: “Museum voor de Geschiedenis van de Poolse Joden (POLIN)”
  • Dutch: “POLIN, Museum voor de Geschiedenis van de Poolse Joden”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo pri Historio de Polaj Judoj”
  • Finnish: “Puolan juutalaisten historiallinen museo”
  • Finnish: “Puolan juutalaisten historian museo”
  • French: “Musée d’histoire des Juifs polonais”
  • French: “Musée de l’histoire des Juifs de Pologne”
  • French: “musée de l’Histoire des Juifs polonais”
  • French: “Musée de l’Histoire des Juifs polonais”
  • French: “POLIN”
  • Georgian: “პოლონელი ებრაელების ისტორიის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Jüdisches Museum Warschau”
  • German: “Museum der Geschichte der polnischen Juden”
  • German: “Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich”
  • German: “Polin”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Ιστορίας των Πολωνοεβραίων”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון להיסטוריה של יהודי פולין”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון לתולדות יהודי פולין”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון לתולדות יהודי פולין”
  • Hungarian: “Lengyel Zsidóság Történetének Múzeuma”
  • Hungarian: “POLIN”
  • Italian: “Museo della storia degli ebrei polacchi”
  • Italian: “POLIN Museo della storia degli ebrei polacchi”
  • Japanese: “ポーランド系ユダヤ人歴史博物館”
  • Korean: “폴린 폴란드 유대인 역사 박물관”
  • Lithuanian: “Lenkijos žydų istorijos muziejus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews”
  • Norwegian: “POLIN museet for de polske jødenes historie”
  • Persian: “موزه تاریخ یهودیان لهستانی”
  • Polish: “MHŻP”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich Polin”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich w Warszawie”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Historii Żydów”
  • Polish: “POLIN”
  • Russian: “Музей истории польских евреев Полин”
  • Russian: “Музей истории польских евреев”
  • Russian: “Полин”
  • Slovak: “Múzeum dejín poľských Židov”
  • Slovak: “Múzeum histórie poľských Židov POLIN”
  • Slovak: “Múzeum histórie poľských Židov”
  • Slovak: “POLIN”
  • Spanish: “Museo POLIN de Historia de los Judíos Polacos”
  • Spanish: “POLIN”
  • Swedish: “Museet för de polska judarnas historia Polin”
  • Swedish: “POLIN”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей історії польських євреїв Полін”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей історії польських євреїв”
  • Ukrainian: “Полін”
  • Vietnamese: “POLIN - Bảo tàng lịch sử về người Do Thái Ba Lan”

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