103 anniversary of the League of Nations

On this day 103 years ago, January 25, 1919, the League of Nations was conceived by the Paris Peace Conference.

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costume room

Costume room

The Polish Museum of America is pleased to announce that the Costume Room modernization project was completed in December 2021.

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73 Commemoration of Mieczyslaw Haiman’s death

January 15, we recollect the founder and first director of the PMA - Mieczyslaw Haiman.

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Origins of the Polish Army Veterans Association in America – Ties to Chicago

Origins of the Polish Army Veterans Association in America - Ties to Chicago, host Halina Misterka.

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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.

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PMA Bids Farewell to Consul Piotr Semeniuk

On August 23, 2021, The Polish Museum of America and the Polish Teachers Association hosted a farewell reception for Consul Piotr Semeniuk and his wife Leonarda Semeniuk.

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OnThisDay in 1939 the New York World’s Fair officially opened

#OnThisDay, April 30, 1939 - 152 anniversary of the oath given by the first US President George Washington - the New York World's Fair officially opened.

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The National Library in Warsaw

Catalogue of Incunabula in the National Library of Poland, vol. 1 & 2, 2020 Katalog rękopisów Biblioteki Narodowej, seria III, tom VII, cz. 1-3, 2020

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24 Anniversary Poland’s acceptance to NATO

March 12 we celebrate Poland’s acceptance in 1999 to NATO taking its rightful place in this Military Pact.

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Lotnictwo Polskie

The Newly Established Polish Air Force and the Polish Bolshevik War

The legacy of the three partitions of Poland in the late 18th century by Prussia, Russia, and Austria posed many unique challenges to the newly resurrected Polish State in 1918.

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