The Polish Museum of America
984 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60642-4101
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The Polish Museum of America 984 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642-4101 Telephone: (773) 384-3352 Fax: (773) 384-3799 Email: Visit us! |
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Welcome to the Library!HOURSOur hours are 10:00a.m.–4:00p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, and 1:00p.m.–7:00p.m. Wednesday. We are closed every Thursday and Sunday as well as major holidays. return to top of page | more on visiting MEMBERSHIPSeparate Library-only memberships are available for $25.00/yr. This subscription will secure you a library card which entitles you to check out books and receive a 50% discount on Library services, but excludes other benefits of Museum membership. Alternatively, a Museum membership at the Patron level or higher will gain you Library privileges. return to top of page | printable membership form | more membership options Link to President Kaczynski Condolences AddedThe Polish Museum of America expresses its deepest condolences
The Polish Museum of America expresses its deepest condolences to the people of Poland and Polonia on the tragic deaths of President Lech Kaczynski, First Lady Maria Kaczynska, and the delegation that was traveling with them to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn Massacre. Our sympathies are with the Kaczynski family and the families of all those killed in the plane crash. This tragic event is a personal loss for The Polish Museum of America – many of those who have perished had visited our institution numerous times and had become good friends of many members of the PMA staff. May they rest in peace. A new page has been added to compile information and messages concerning the death of President Kaczynski and others. Updated Tuesday April 20, 2010LIBRARY NEWSFrom The Librarian : 01-2010October 2009 was busy with many guests. We were very happy to have so many wonderful people interested in our PMA Library. Two ladies affiliated with Dominican University visited us as well – Kathy Berman (Prospect Heights Public Library District Trustee and Director on the North Suburban Library System Board of directors) and Professor Cecilia Salvatore. Both were very interested in our special library collections. We hope to cooperate in the future. On Oct 7, PMA was visited by the consuls and consulate workers from North America while visiting Chicago for their conference, thanks to cooperation with The Polish Consulate and our PMAL member – Consul General Zygmunt Matynia. The representatives were given a VIP tour of the Museum and Library and are aware that we need them to be our ambassadors. In the chronicle they wrote that “they will do their best to help us in the future.” On October 10, 4:30 PM in the Great Hall there was an evening with the author Cynthia Grant Bowman and the hero – Maria Chudzińska of the book “Beyond the Uprising: A Polish Girl's Journey”. We enjoyed this author’s night. Among the guests were prominent representatives of Polonia connected in their lives with Mrs. Chudzinska and her amazing life. This evening was such a wonderful tribute to her life, and filmed by Robert Wachowiak from Polsat 2. Here on the picture our benefactor and dear friend, Mrs. Helena Ziółkowska with her daughter Anna Ziółkowska-Sobór and granddaughter Alexandra while chatting with Mrs. Chudzinska. We were expecting 50 guests and there were 150 people present who asked many questions during the discussion. On Oct 14 we were very happy to have in our Library a mentor to all Polish philologists – the Vice Marshal of the Polish Senate Krystyna Bochenek accompaigned by Maciej Szymański, director of the department of cooperation with Poles of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Stanisław Cygnarowski director of the Department of Polonia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aleksandra Skorupka director of the Financial Committee of the Senate. It was a very successful meeting focusing on the ways that The Polish Senate can help our important institution. Our guests were able to understand and face our daily problems. They were able to examine our petitions for the sponsorship and we hope that 2010 will improve our good relationship. Our third and fourth Loyola interns David Tomasik and Marek Dymon worked very hard during the fourth quarter. David Tomasik completed his capstone course. He was very cooperative with various tasks: moving the old collection, the inventory of the books pre 1945, helping to organize the annual book sale and many more. He is a very bright and intelligent young gentleman. He was always modest and compationate, discrete and respectful. David cooperated with other volunteers, especially with our chief volunteer Esther Witek, staff and patrons. All people whom he met enjoyed working with him. We wish him well with his endeavors. PMAL is enriched with interns, thanks to the cooperation with Bozena Nowicka McLees, Director of Interdisciplinary Polish Studies from Loyola University Chicago, Modern Languages and Literatures Department. On October 21 we hosted an evening with famous Polish tenor Piotr Beczała, who played role of Faust by Charles Gounod in Lyric Opera, his wife Katarzyna on her birthday was present (tenor joined our Sto lat for his lovely wife and Great Hall was filled with his rich voice). Mr. Beczała was interviewed by the organizer of the event Irena Horba and answered questions from the audience. The whole event was written about in Dziennik Związkowy by Krystyna Cygielska. On October 26 Krystyna Grell and Esther Witek gave multiple library lessons to the 3rd grade classes of Pierce School (total of 150 students). During the November PMAL was cooperating with Anna B. Rudek (Kosciuszko Foundation Stypendist researching information about Benda) and her father an art director from Nowy Dziennik from New York, Mietko Rudek. In December we had a mini book sale connected with the Christmas celebrations in the PMAL. Even though the book space was limited – many patrons came to buy the duplicates from our collection. We collected about $2000 for the Library fund. Heartfelt thanks to all who supported us and helped. The whole event was written about by Andrzej Baraniak in Dziennik Zwiazkowy. On December 6 in the PMAL took place a meeting of the founding committee of the Polish American Librarians Association. Three of our dear colleagues visited PMA for the first time. It was a great pleasure to host such an important meeting. Present were: Krystyna Grell, Helena Ziółkowska (emeritus librarian from the Portage Park Library, a legend of the Polonian Librarianship, editor of Głos Nauczyciela), Aldona Salska (Prospect Heights Public Library), Joanna Bohdziewicz-Borowiec (former executive director of the Polish American Association), Elżbieta Marszalik (Indian Trails Public Library w Wheeling), Urszula Zyzik (St. Xavier University Library), Malgorzata Bylińska (Arlington Heights Public Library), and Malgorzata Kot. The end of the year brought also a finalization of the Karpowicz’s document transfer. Jaroslaw Broda from the City of Wroclaw with his translator Joanna Niżyńska visited PMA. For December until February prof. Anna Brzozowska-Krajka is performing her research about Polish Diaspora identity in our Library. She is commuting almost every day from a distant suburbs and is a very devoted researcher. Prof. Krajka is also featured on the cover of the publication about the Libraries abroad Poland – in a picture from her previous visit. We recently received major book donations from the Polish Womens Alliance as well as Beata Siemaszko, Walter Jezierski and Anna Kondas, Ronald and Christine Wolosewicz, Daniel Menert, Helena Zolkowski, and Joanne T. Napiewocki. We are working on a very important project – we are preparing the lists of the books published before 1945 which are in the PMAL possession. It is our goal to list all before the 100th Anniversary of the Library that will take place on April 18, 2015. The old books are very dusty and some are in poor condition. We hope to select the books that need immediate attention with deacidification and get professional help from Poland. LIBRARY NEWS ARCHIVE INDEXThis Library News Archive Index is your link to historical news reports From The Librarian.
Interior of the PRCUA offices, now the PMA Library
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The Mission of The Polish Museum of America, an integral part of the dynamic mosaic of Polish life in Chicago, is to promulgate the rich cultural history of the Polish people by collecting, preserving, interpreting, and displaying materials related to this heritage; and to integrate these resources into appropriate programs, activities, and exhibitions that enrich the intellectual and artistic lives of all members of society. |
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