Museum Facts and Figures
- Architects Ilmari Lahdelma and Rainer Mahlamaki of Helsinki, Finland, won the first international competition for the design of a public building in Poland.
- The Museum will encompass 104,000 square feet, with more than 45,000 square feet devoted to the core exhibition.
- Construction began in 2009, and the Museum will open in 2013.
- An Education Center will host school groups and a student exchange. Facilities for conferences, lectures, symposia, film screenings, performances, and temporary exhibitions will also be available.
- Approximately 500,000 visitors are expected annually: 50 percent from abroad, most from the U.S. and Israel.
Those who visit the Museum of the History of Polish Jews will begin their journey through 1,000 years of the history of Polish Jews at the memorial to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, which stands in defiant memory on the square across from the museum.
