Browsing: Emigration Museum in Gdynia

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.

Americans of Polish descent, Polish immigrants as well as a couple of “Poles by choice” – 30 people have told the story of their life in a unique project run by the Emigration Museum in Gdynia. Tomek Zerek, an artist and a photographer, together with a researcher, Doctor Anna Muller, spent a few months in a place that really fascinated them. Hamtramck, a small town in Michigan and a unique Polish community, has also become the pretext for our meeting with Doctor Anna Muller.

Americans of Polish descent, Polish immigrants and even a couple of “Poles by choice ” – 30 people 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. Meet the “People of Hamtramck” as the Emigration Museum welcomes you to the exhibition which tells their stories, on 12 November in the USA and 5 December in Poland.

The project is held under Link to Poland’s media patronage.

At this year’s festival The Award of Emigration will be given for the first time at the Museum in Gdynia for the best movie about migration. The winner will be selected by the Jury: Andrzej Kołodyński – film critic, Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz – director, Karolina Grabowicz-Matyjas – Director of Emigration Museum in Gdynia. The Award is worth 2000€.

The Emigration Museum in Gdynia stumbled upon a brilliant IDEA FOR THE MAY BREAK! A combination of the laws of physics and chemistry, elements of astronomy, and basics of the technology and molecular biology conceal a recipe for an excellent science picnic spiked with cultural and educational highlights for all those who like to discover or do experiments.