Guided tours of "Here Is Muranów" temporary exhibition
"Here Is Muranów" temporary exhibition, which is available for viewing from 26 June 2020 until 22 March 2021, presents a multi-layered history of the district of Warsaw, telling stories of its selected locations, residents and visitors.
Together, we will take a peek into the city’s entrails - we will get acquainted with the unique history of Warsaw. Under a seemingly familiar layer, we will discover many more layers of the past, the present and the future of the city and its residents.
"Here Is Muranów" - your personalized guided tour >>
We do encourage you to take a thematic guided tour of Here Is Muranów temporary exhibition. You will hear about locations and people that are no more, get acquainted with what came in their place and find out what it means to live in a place with such complex history.
The name Muranów evokes longing. Józef Szymon Belotti, a royal architect, built a residence in 1686 which — feeling homesick — he named Murano, after an isle in the Venetian lagoon he hailed from. Opposite Belotti’s residence was Muranowski Square, non-existent today, from which Nalewki, the district’s vibrant commercial street, used to run. Isaac Bashevis Singer described it as follows: "who could possibly count the manufacturing works located along the street […]. Next to them, houses of learning and Hasidic shtiblekh used to stand, invisible amid the stores, shops and artisan workshops that surrounded them." During the war, the Germans surrounded the area with a wall and created a Jewish ghetto, which they then razed to the ground in 1943. In the 1950s a new estate was built in its place, referred to—for the sake of propaganda — "an estate of bright apartments for the working class." Today, residents of Muranów come from different corners of Warsaw, Poland, and the world. They create a new identity of the district.
Guided tours are offered in Polish or English.
Price list
- Guided tour in Polish: 125 PLN (for a group)
- Guided tour in other languages: 200 PLN (for a group)
- Regular ticket: 20 PLN
- Reduced ticket: 15 PLN
- Ticket for groups: 15 PLN per person
General information:
- Duration of guided tour: approximately 1 hour
- Number of people: Here you will find up-to-date information.
- Meeting point: POLIN Museum’s main hall
- During the tour, you will be wearing earphones which are disinfected after each use. Nonetheless, we do advise you to use your own earphones.
- While being in a group, please cover your nose and mouth with a facemask or a piece of clothing.
- There are lockers by the main entrance to the Museum where you can leave your belongings. Cloakroom can be used only for large pieces of luggage.
Booking
You can book no later than 14 days prior to the planned visit to the Museum, subject to the availability of guides.
Guided tours can be booked by email at: [email protected]
Information requisite to make a booking:
- Date of visit
- Preferred time of visit
- Visitor’s country of origin, language of touring
- Number of people in the group
- Contact to the group’s guardian / the person who makes the booking (first name, surname, tel. no.)
- Data for invoice (if one is required).
Payment
Payment to be made online via PayU no later than 14 days prior to the planned visit to the Museum.
Cancellations
Booking can be cancelled or changed no later than 5 days prior to the planned visit to the Museum, with all costs reimbursed. If cancellations are made at a later date, the group must cover the cost of renting a guide.
Returns
Unused tickets can be returned at the ticket desk on the day of the visit. The cost will be reimbursed to the bank account used when purchasing the tickets.
"Here Is Muranów" - guided tours for schools >>
We invite pupils from year 7 and 8 of primary schools as well as high school students to take a guided tour of Here Is Muranów temporary exhibition.
The exhibition tells a story of the past and present of Muranów — a district of Warsaw where Jews used to settle from the 19th century. It was here that the Germans established a ghetto during the Second World War; it is here that POLIN Museum is located today. During the tour, we will encourage young people to discover how the area full of greenery and magnates’ palaces turned into an urban district of a large city. Together, we will listen to the hustle and bustle of pre-war Nalewki Street; we will see how one-time Muranów’s residents used to live and how they earned their living. We will talk about daily life in the Warsaw ghetto, about its residents’ struggle for survival and about the resistance they managed to put up. We will see how a new estate — often referred to as "an estate of bright apartments for the working class" — rose on the rubble of the ghetto. We will compare this propaganda message to the existing reality. We will also follow the changes that have been taking place in the district since the fall of communism, and will listen to how today’s residents of Muranów envisage the future of their estate.
Guided tours are offered in Polish or English.
Price list
- Guided tour in Polish for schools: 100 PLN (for a group)
- Guided tour in other languages: 200 PLN (for a group)
- Regular ticket: 20 PLN
- Reduced ticket: 15 PLN
- Museum for 1 zloty: 1 PLN
(for children aged 7-16 and for youth aged 16-26 who are still within the education system. Upon presentation of a valid student card of Polish schools and universities: 1 PLN) - Ticket for groups: 15 PLN per person
General information:
- Duration of guided tour: approximately 1 hour
- Number of people: Here you will find up-to-date information.
- Meeting point: POLIN Museum’s main hall
- During the tour, you will be wearing earphones which are disinfected after each use. Nonetheless, we do advise you to use your own earphones.
- While being in a group, please cover your nose and mouth with a facemask or a piece of clothing.
- There are lockers by the main entrance to the Museum where you can leave your belongings. Cloakroom can be used only for large pieces of luggage.
Booking
You can book no later than 14 days prior to the planned visit to the Museum, subject to the availability of guides.
Guided tours can be booked by email at: [email protected]
Information requisite to make a booking:
- Date of visit
- Preferred time of visit
- Age of students
- Visitor’s country of origin, language of touring
- Number of students in the group
- Number of guardian in the group
- Contact to the group’s guardian / the person who makes the booking (first name, surname, tel. no.)
- Data for invoice (if one is required).
Payment
Payment to be made online via PayU no later than 14 days prior to the planned visit to the Museum.
Cancellations
Booking can be cancelled or changed no later than 5 days prior to the planned visit to the Museum, with all costs reimbursed. If cancellations are made at a later date, the group must cover the cost of renting a guide.
Returns
Unused tickets can be returned at the ticket desk on the day of the visit. The cost will be reimbursed to the bank account used when purchasing the tickets.
"Here Is Muranów" - weekend guided tours of the temporary exhibition >>
Come and join a guided tour of Here Is Muranów temporary exhibition. You will hear about locations and people that are no more, get acquainted with what came in their place and find out what it means to live in a place with such complex history.
The name Muranów evokes longing. Józef Szymon Belotti, a royal architect, built a residence in 1686 which - feeling homesick - he named Murano, after an isle in the Venetian lagoon he hailed from. Opposite Belotti’s residence was Muranowski Square, non-existent today, from which Nalewki, the district’s vibrant commercial street, used to run. Isaac Bashevis Singer described it as follows: “who could possibly count the manufacturing works located along the street […]. Next to them, houses of learning and Hasidic shtiblekh used to stand, invisible amid the stores, shops and artisan workshops that surrounded them.” During the war, the Germans surrounded the area with a wall and created a Jewish ghetto, which they then razed to the ground in 1943. In the 1950s a new estate was built in its place, referred to - for the sake of propaganda - “an estate of bright apartments for the working class.” Today, residents of Muranów come from different corners of Warsaw, Poland, and the world. They create a new identity of the district.
Tours in Polish
- Saturday, Sunday: 11:00am, 3:30pm
Tickets
- Regular ticket: 30 PLN
- Reduced ticket: 25 PLN
Tickets for guided tours are available for purchase under this link >>
General information
- Duration of guided tour: approximately 1 hour
- Number of people: Here you will find up-to-date information.
- Meeting point: POLIN Museum’s main hall
- During the tour, you will be wearing earphones which are disinfected after each use. Nonetheless, we do advise you to use your own earphones.
- While being in a group, please cover your nose and mouth with a facemask or a piece of clothing.
- There are lockers by the main entrance to the Museum where you can leave your belongings. Cloakroom can be used only for large pieces of luggage.
