Bohdan “Dan” L. Sokolowski passed away

The Polish Museum of America honors the memory of PMA friend and brother-in-law of PMA Board Member Anna Sokolowski, Bohdan “Dan” L. Sokolowski, who passed away on March 1, 2021, at age 73.

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Cursed soldiers

March 1 we mark the National Indomitable Soldiers’ Remembrance Day (pol. Żołnierze Niezłomni).

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Virtual Pulaski Day 2021

Thank you to our sponsors, speakers, performers, production crew, volunteers and staff for staging a successful 2021 Virtual Pulaski Day Commemoration.

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Tadeusz Pruszkowski Polish painter, designer and art critic

Tadeusz Pruszkowski Polish painter, designer and art critic

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Ceramic Heart from the PMA Collection painted as a watercolor and colored by our volunteer Teresa Gierwielaniec Rozanacki.

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81 years ago February 10, 1940…

81 years ago February 10, 1940, Soviet NKVD began the mass deportation of Poles who lived in the Eastern regions of Poland.

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Two pillars of the Polish American community

Two pillars of the Polish American community in Chicago celebrate their birthdays in February. Maria Lorys, Feb. 6 her 105th, Teodozja Musialowicz Feb. 10 her centennial of birth.

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275 Birthday of Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Tadeusz Kosciuszko celebrates his 275 birthday today. Here at PMA we are marking this great day for Poland and the world! Born Feb. 4, 1746 near Brzesc, in his 71 years

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Duchy w muzeum. Opowiadanie na czasie. [Ghosts in the museum. The story of the time]

We would like to express our thanks to the author, Julia Burnatowicz, who wrote a wonderful short story about a special museum and library tour of the Tadeusz Kosciuszko Polish School. The short story, titled “Duchy w muzeum. Opowiadanie na czasie” [Ghosts in the museum. The story of the time]

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Delphine “Dolly” Elizabeth Huneycutt

🖤 It is with sadness that we inform you that former Polish Museum of America Board member and former President of the Polish Women’s Alliance Delphine “Dolly” Elizabeth Huneycutt (nee Fic), age 82, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2021

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