Poland was wiped out from the map of Europe for nearly a 150 years, and the Polish nation was partitioned for that period of time, and annexed by Prussian, Russian and Habsburg Empires until the three Empires collapsed at end of the I world war. Then, at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Poland had to convince the war victors that it deserves a place on the new, post-war map of European nation-states. 

This exhibition focuses on the three foundational elements —an uprising; civic participation and cooperation; and cultural heritage—in building the Polish state, and in putting Poland back on the map of Europe. 

Exhibition director: Sławomira Zbierska-Salameh, PhD