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Culture-starved Poles flocking back to museums

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Museums and galleries are now open again across the country, including the reopening of the Gallery of Ancient Art at the National Museum in Warsaw.

Kraków’s historic ring of fortifications to be transformed with multi-million PLN makeover

Treasured by historians, the fortifications which formed a bulwark of Festung Krakau, an ambitious 19th century project that was to safeguard the city from further conquest, will now be turned into museums, art galleries, equestrian centres and tourist ‘hotspots’.

‘A museum isn’t just for tourists. It a place for interaction with history’

TFN talks to Mirosław Nizio, the man who has reinvented the museum experience as we know it.

Tarnów: exquisite, unexpected and utterly beguiling

From the quirky to the divine, Tarnów in southeast Poland pretty much has it all.

Show me the Monet! Warsaw’s Royal Castle leads the way in bringing museums out of the cold

The go-ahead to reopen comes 53 days after the castle closed its doors in March and is part of the second stage of what the government is calling ‘defrosting the economy’.

The Louvre of Łódź: Once a faded jewel, Poznański Palace has regained its perch as one of the nation’s most magnificent urban structures

Specifically renovated to coincide with the 200th anniversary of “modern” Łódź this year, with its elegant interiors and beautiful works of art, the palace is like ‘a time machine’, oozing with the splendour of the age.

The show must go on! Theatres, galleries and cultural institutions harness digital mediums in coronavirus fightback

Taking to the internet can help keep theatres alive and provide museums with an opportunity to reach out to new audiences.

Night of the Museums

The 2018 edition of Poland’s Night of the Museums kicks off next week. The annual event which sees museums, galleries, historic buildings and theatres across the country throw open their doors into the early hours to members of the public for free begins on 19 May, unless you’re in Krakow which traditionally runs its Night of the Museums the night before. 

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Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

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