Coloring, Retouching, and Decorating Old Photographs from Płońsk – workshops on 4 October
On Saturday, October 4th at 11:00 AM, we invite children aged 5+ and their guardians as well as teenagers to the Memorial House for a workshop entitled “Coloring, Retouching, and Decorating Old Photographs from Płońsk” led by Mariola Adamska from the Art and Animation Section at the Municipal Cultural Center in Płońsk. The workshop is […]
Jewish photographic studios of Płońsk – temporary exhibition available from 2 October
Starting Thursday, 2 October 2025, a temporary exhibition titled “Jewish Photographic Studios of Płońsk” will be available at the Memorial House. We invite you to learn about the history of the activities of, among others, Berek Sarawajski and the Taub brothers, who photographed residents of Płońsk before the war. The history of their studios is, […]
Brodman/Gryn. David Ben-Gurion and his family in the light of vital records – temporary exhibition
From Tuesday, 1 July, we would like to invite you to visit the new temporary exhibition in the Memorial House! The exhibition “Brodman/Gryn. David Ben-Gurion and his family in the light of vital records” will present nearly 30 vital record documents from several archival collections: civil registry records of the Skołatowo commune, civil registry records […]
Summer holidays in the Memorial House: new exhibition, workshops and James Archivist
The summer holidays awaited by all children are approaching fast, and at the Memorial House we have prepared a special offer of workshops for young residents of Płońsk from summer holiday groups: genealogy workshops, during which, based on the vital records regarding the family of David Ben-Gurion, we will learn about the work of a […]
1st Night of the Museums in Płońsk on 17 May
On Saturday, May 17, we would like to invite you to the first Night of the Museums in Płońsk! At the Memorial House at 2 Warszawska Street you will find: permanent exhibition “Glance and recall” temporary exhibition “Marian Fuks – the first photojournalist of the Second Polish Republic” temporary exhibition “The Great Synagogue in Płońsk” […]
Visit the Memorial House during the May holidays
The first days of May are approaching and we would like to invite you to visit us: the Płońsk Memorial House will be open from 1 to 3 May, and waiting for you will be our permanent exhibition “Glance and recall” along with a printed mini-guidebook in Polish and English, as well as two temporary […]
Marian Fuks – the first photojournalist of the Second Polish Republic. Lecture by Krzysztof Wójcik and a new exhibition
On February 23, 1935, Marian Fuks died in Warsaw – he was a well-known pre-war photographer and pioneer of press photography in Poland, son of Abram Icek and Idesa née Madenberg. The historian Marian Fuks (1914-2022), born in Płońsk, wrote about his namesake, to whom his father Boruch was related, in the book “Mój wiek […]
Grandmother’s and Grandfather’s Day at the Płońsk Memorial House: workshops and guided tours
We would like to invite everyone to events organized in connection with Grandmother’s and Grandfather’s Day at the Płońsk Memorial House! January 16 and 17 at 11.00 a.m. – we invite kindergarten and school groups to art workshops at the Memorial House, during which we will make bookmarks and cards for grandmothers and grandfathers January […]
Temporary exhibition “Some Were Neighbors: Choice, Human Behavior and the Holocaust”
From this Saturday, November 9, 2024, we would like to invite you to visit the new temporary exhibition at the Płońsk Memorial House entitled “Some Were Neighbors: Choice, Human Behavior and the Holocaust”. The exhibition, which consists of 23 boards supplemented by video materials, was prepared by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the […]
Płońsk Memorial House closed to visitors on November 1 and 2
We would like to inform you that the Memorial House will be closed to visitors on November 1 (Friday – All Saints’ Day) and November 2 (Saturday). At the same time, in the last days of October, we invite you to visit the exhibition of Anka Wencel’s paper cuttings “(Non)traditional, (non)Jewish”, which is only available […]