What you'll hear inside POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews:

• 1
  Forest Gallery

  Traces the arrival of Jews in Poland fleeing persecution in Western Europe, recreating the Polish forest of King Mieszko.

• 2
  First Encounters Gallery (10th century - 1507)

  Dedicated to the first Jewish settlers in Poland, including the earliest known written phrase in Yiddish from 1272.

• 3
  Paradisus Iudaeorum Gallery (1569-1648)

  Showcases the Golden Age of Polish Jewry through an interactive model of Kraków and the Jewish quarter of Kazimierz.

• 4
  Gallery of the Jewish City (1648-1772)

  Presents a typical Jewish frontier town, featuring a unique reconstruction of the vault and ceiling of the Gwoździec Synagogue.

• 5
  Gallery Encounters with Modernity (1772-1914)

  Explores the period of Poland's partitions and the significant role Jewish entrepreneurs played in the industrial revolution.

• 6
  A Jewish Street (1914-1939)

  Dedicated to the Second Polish Republic, regarded as the second golden age of Polish Jews.

• 7
  Holocaust Gallery (1939-1944)

  An exhibition presenting the tragedy of the Holocaust through the history of the Warsaw Ghetto and the clandestine group Oyneg Shabat.

• 8
  Post-War Years Gallery (1944 - present)

  Explores the period following 1945 and the revival of Poland's small Jewish community after 1989.

• 9
  Gwoździec Synagogue Reconstruction

  A unique replica of the vault and ceiling from a 17th-century synagogue, distinguished by its wooden structure and singular architectural character.

• 10
  Entrance Hall with Undulating Walls

  A spacious entrance hall featuring undulating walls that symbolize the crossing of the Red Sea and the fractures in Polish Jewish history.