Poland at your home
Despite the pandemic, the difficult situation and restrictions in many countries where Poles and people of Polish origin live and work, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to address the needs of our compatriots – especially children and youth – who wish to keep in touch with our national culture, history and literature.
As part of the "Poland at Your Home" campaign, run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we invite you to take advantage of the online offer of Polish cultural institutions. Take a virtual stroll around various museums and learn unforgettable history lessons courtesy of the Institute of National Remembrance, the Polish History Museum, the National Museums in Warsaw and Krakow as well as the Warsaw Uprising Museum. Polish students and teachers are also welcome to explore the educational programme prepared by the Ministry of National Education and to take advantage of its offer. The Centre for the Development of Polish Education Abroad, which has been providing distance education for many years, offers a number of valuable tools that will allow you to gain new knowledge and skills across a range of subjects and topics.
The Polish Independence Day seems to be an especially good occasion to spend time online and learn something new and interesting about our country. We wish you fruitful and enjoyable visits.
Education and science
Ministry of National Education
Online teaching resources in English for students and teachers:
The Centre for the Development of Polish Education Abroad
The centre promotes the Polish language and helps young Poles who are living abroad learn Polish - website
Information for pupils participating in the distance learning system
Polish Space Agency
Science in Poland
Culture
Fryderyk Chopin Institute and Museum
Adam Mickiewicz Institute
The Polish Language: A Cheatsheet for Beginners
Where to Buy the Book 'Quarks, Elephants & Pierogi: Poland in 100 Words'
A FOREIGNER’S GUIDE TO THE POLISH ALPHABET
MULTIMEDIA GUIDES TO POLISH CULTURE
Multimedia guide to pre-war Warsaw
Articles about important topics for young Poles abroad
- Eleven great Polish books you have to read
- All over the map: a quick tour of Poland's voivodeships
- Five Empowering Life Lessons from Maria Skłodowska-Curie
- When Polish was King
- Discover eight classics from Poland’s required reading curriculum
- Fifteen historical quirks that make Poland so different from the rest of Europe
Polonika Institute
The Polonika Institute collects and disseminates knowledge about Poland’s cultural heritage which is currently located outside the country.
Museum of Sports and Tourism
The Royal Lazienki Museum
The National Philharmonic
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Museum of Kraków
The Wieliczka Salt Mine
History
National Heritage Board of Poland
Educational materials about Polish history for Polish children and youth abroad
Institute of National Remembrance
Institute of National Remembrance
Exhibitions
- Institute of National Remembrance - exhibitions
- "Stolen Childhood" exhibition
- The opening of the IPN exhibition "Crimes on the Poles 1939–1945"
- A downloadable IPN exhibition "Warsaw Uprising 1944. Battle for Poland"
- The Polish Underground State exhibition
- The first female courier from Poznan
- The Fourteen Points Speech. A plan for the world, a sign of hope for Poland
- Exhibition “The Holocaust”
Films
- “Game for Independence”- an educational film prepared by the IPN
- Game for Independence. Poland.
- “The Unconquered”
- Archival recording from the Warsaw ghetto
- “Pogrom or slaughter. Kielce 4 July 1946” (with subtitles)
- “Auschwitz report” (with subtitles)
- 24 March National Day of Remembrance of Poles who saved Jews
- IPNtv: Unconquered: Trying Times
- IPNtv Warszawa: Operation "Market Garden" 1944: The Wartime Odyssey of Antek Srebrny
- The #myindependent educational package (“The Fathers of Independence” exhibition + films)
Katyn Massacre
- The Katyn Massacre of 1940. Extermination of the Polish Elite.
- ”They were shot in the back of the head” - The Katyn Massacre exhibition
- Katyn Massacre - Basic Facts
- The Katyn lie - Its rise and duration
- The IPN's prosecutors on the investigation into the Katyn Massacre
- German evidence of the Soviet crime from the USA
- The Katyn Massacre
- At the beginning there was a collusion of silence
- Soviet Politburo order for the NKVD to murder Polish POWs and Detainees
- The Katyn Massacre - Commemorations
- Under Katyn’s shadow. Reflections on underage and female victims of the Katyn massacre
- To return to the Motherland’s womb. A few words on the deported families of the victims of Katyn
- Katyn: the school of lying of the Polish Worker’s Party
- 80th anniversary of the Katyn Massacre
Holocaust
- Distinctions for Humanity
- ‘We couldn’t but help them. They were our neighbours’ – An Interview with Eugeniusz Szylar, Righteous from Markowa
- Repressions for helping Jews
- It was our national duty to establish this day, Dr Mateusz Szpytma on the Remembrance Day of Poles Rescuing Jews under German Occupation
- A monument dedicated to Polish and Jewish citizens of the Republic of Poland murdered by the Germans
- The Polish Post has issued a new stamp in cooperation with the Institute of National Remembrance
- An interview with Deputy President of the IPN, Dr Mateusz Szpytma on research connected with Poles rescuing Jews under German occupation
- The 150th anniversary of the birth of Mother Matylda Getter
Holocaust – The Paraguay Passports
“Niepodległa” Programme
The Centre for the Thought of John Paul II
The Pilecki Institute
Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Warsaw
Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Diplomatic Missions
- A guide to the history of Poland
- Poles in the countries of Asia and Pacific region
- Polacy światu known and unknown
To receive mentioned above and other materials contact your nearest diplomatic mission.