Election of Pope JPII
October 16 marks the 42 anniversary of the election of Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, the Archbishop of Krakow to the Papal Throne.
86 years ago
86 years ago, on October 15, 1935, the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America Board of Directors established the Museum and Archives, known today as The Polish Museum of America.
Swieto Nauczyciela 2021
October 14, this Day of Appreciation for Polish Teachers was instituted in the 1970s, in Poland, to recollect Europe's first Department of Education which was the Polish Commission on National Education (pol. Komisja Edukacji Narodowej).
Soviet Russia invades Poland Sept. 17, 1939
September 17, 1939 at 6 am - two Soviet fronts invaded the territories of the Second Polish Republic.
Incredibly beautiful maps we received today
On September 14, 2021 the Polish Museum of America received four original historical maps of Poland dating between 1656 and 1799 from historian Tadeusz Gromada's personal collection.
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski – beatification
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Poland’s ‘Primate of the Millennium,’ to be beatified in September 12, 2021.
9/11
Today, 20 years after 9/11 terrorist attacks we pause to honor all the innocent victims.
Stefan Mrożewski
We are presenting a few selected works by Mrożewski in the PMA collection. He made this series about the Warsaw ghetto in the years 1954-1956, based on survivors’ testimonies.
The PMA mourns the loss of Gregory W. Stepanek
Gregory W. Stepanek, 67 of Berwyn formerly Cicero, the beloved only child of the late Edward Jonathon Stepanek "Szczepanik" and late Dorothy Matilda née Bajor.
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