The Galicia Jewish Museum located in the Jewish district of Kazimierz, is an open window into the 800 years of Jewish presence in the historic region of Galicia, today situated between south-eastern Poland and western Ukraine.
Founded in 2004 by British photojournalist Chris Schwarz, the museum has two permanent exhibitions. The first, ‘Traces of Memory’, is a visual journey through the lenses of Chris Schwarz and Jonathan Webber through the vestiges of Jewish heritage in Galicia and as a commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust. The second, ‘10 Polish cities – 10 Jewish stories’, presents the personal stories of 10 people born in the 1920s who survived the Holocaust.
Over the years, the museum has become an active institution in the preservation and promotion of Jewish culture in Poland. Today it is an open window on past and contemporary Jewish culture and life, hosting temporary exhibitions by guest artists, offering educational programmes for children, young people and adults, and supporting research and publications.
More information at https://galiciajewishmuseum.org/en/
Mural by Marcin Wierzchowski on the Galicia Jewish Museum wall. Photo: Fred Romero (Flickr)
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