They are learning that the Internet offers much more than just Facebook, games and YouTube and that our Museum is not a temple of glass display cabinets. The young participants of the programme “Museum. Share It!” discover the Emigration Museum’s exhibition in search of what is most interesting for them. For some it’s music, for others travel and dreaming of the big wide world. However, all of them will create individual and unique tour paths where they will soon be taking their nearest and dearest.
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5 December in Gdynia will see the opening of a Polish-American exhibition devoted to the history of Hamtramck and its residents. Americans of Polish descent, Polish immigrants and even a couple of “Poles by choice “, 30 people in all, told their life stories in a unique project run by the Emigration Museum in Gdynia. The artist photographer Tomek Zerek and researcher Dr Anna Muller spent a few weeks in a place which captivated them both. Hamtramck is a small town in the state of Michigan, an exceptional enclave of Polish Americans and perhaps also a lens of social change in the world of western culture.
The project is held under Link to Poland’s media patronage.
British historian prof. Norman Davies tells about his new book “Trail of Hope” devoted to the extraordinary journey made by the Polish Anders Army from Russia to Great Britain.
Michał Szcześniak’s Starting Point, produced by Munk Studio, which operates within the structure of the Polish Filmmakers Association is the only Polish film among the ten titles on the Oscar nominations shortlist in the Documentary Short Subject category. The list was released on 26th October.
According to Antal’s report “IT@PL” on the IT labour market in Poland, IT specialist are interested in continuation of their career in Poland rather than in going abroad. When looking for new employer, they like more to choose prestigious companies than those that offer them better salaries. The results of the survey conducted under Polish Infomation and Foreign Investment Agency patronage.
“Polska. Architecture”, an exhibition organised by the Polish Embassy in Dublin, opened at the Representation of the European Commission in Ireland on 24 November.
The finalists for each category – business, science and technology, culture, the young successful Pole and Honorary Polonus – have been selected by the Chapter, which consists of representatives of the Polish community and is led by Barbara Borys-Damięcka, Senator of the Republic of Poland. Today we present the winners in each category. Congratulations to all the winners!
November 21, 2015 at 6.00 p.m. / Studio 21 Hilversum, Joop van den Endeplein, 1217 WJ Hilversum
Polish American Innovation Bridge (PAIB/PAMI) PAMI: how to begin is a two-day event that will take place on 20-21st of November in Krakow. Inspiring talks and practical workshops – led by practicing entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists – will focus on transforming an innovative idea into a business venture.