Merry Christmas!

With warm appreciation for your support, we wish you and your family Peace, Joy, Hope and Good Will this Christmas and throughout the New Year! - The Polish Museum of America

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The 40th Anniversary of Martial Law in Poland

The wonder-filled months of 1981 in Poland when Polish factories, industrial sites, ports and airports, schools, and universities experienced the courage and enthusiasm of living out and expressing freedom came to a brutal halt.

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80 Pearl Harbor Commemoration

On this day 80 years ago, just short of 8 am, the Japanese Imperial air force (Japan was a member of Hitler's Axis Alliance), attacked a quiet enclave of America called Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

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Happy St. Nicholas Day! 🎁

Z okazji Dnia św. Mikołaja życzymy wszystkim dużo zdrowia i szczęścia! Artisan glazed gingerbread from the PMA Collection.

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Spotkanie z historią

Spotkanie z historią – wizyta delegacji z Polski, połączona z wykładem prezesa IPN dr. Karola Nawrockiego.

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Polish November Uprising Commemoration

Late, on the night of November 29/30, 1830 Polish officers and cadets from the Warsaw Military Academy initiated one of its first national insurrections in modern Polish history.

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Thanksgiving wishes from the PMA

We would like to wish you and your loved ones a bountiful and blessed Thanksgiving and hope that the spirit of gratitude remains in our hearts every day.

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski Birthday

November 6 is the 161 anniversary of the birthday of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Poland's greatest composer, and pianist after Frederick Chopin, who served as PM and Foreign Secretary in 1919.

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The mayor of the city, Lori Lightfoot, visits our museum

Today, Mayor Lori Lightfoot visited the Polish Museum of America to attend the Chicago Warsaw Sister Cities Committee Polish Heritage Breakfast.

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PMA mourns the loss of Jan Sliwinski

Muzeum Polskie w Ameryce żegna Jana Śliwińskiego, swojego Przyjaciela, wolontariusza i jurora wielu przeszłych wystaw MPA, zmarłego nad ranem w niedzielę, 7 listopada w Chicago.

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