Educational offer for schools

Legendary Warsaw (museum lesson/walk)

Let us search for the clues from the Warsaw legends!

We will discover that in Warsaw the fantasy world permeates the real one, and seemingly ordinary objects and locations turn into elements straight from magical tales. The story is enriched with fun facts, and various activities will make the walk especially attractive to young explorers.

Duration: 75 minutes

Accessibility: people with impaired mobility or vision, people with intellectual disability, people on the autism spectrum

Legendary Warsaw (museum lesson/walk)

Let us search for the clues from the Warsaw legends!

We will discover that in Warsaw the fantasy world permeates the real one, and seemingly ordinary objects and locations turn into elements straight from magical tales. The story is enriched with fun facts, and various activities will make the walk especially attractive to young explorers.

Duration: 75 minutes

Accessibility: people with impaired mobility or vision, people with intellectual disability, people on the autism spectrum

The story of a rebuilt city

During the meeting we’ll take a look at the history of the Old Town – the scale of its destruction and the phenomenon of its reconstruction. We will find out what the UNESCO World Heritage List is and why Warsaw’s Old Town was inscribed on it.

We will deal with the challenges faced after the war by the employees of the Biuro Odbudowy Stolicy (Capital Reconstruction Office). We will take part in a discussion during which we will play the role of the architects – modernists, socialist realists or supporters of historical reconstruction. Will we be able to convince residents to the proposed reconstruction concept?

We will also talk about the urban challenges posed by the 21st century. How do we deal with them?

Duration: 90 min

Place of meeting: The Heritage Interpretation Centre, at the museum ticket offices, 11/13 Brzozowa Street

Old Town—past and present views (walk)

A walk demonstrating changes taking place in the oldest part of Warsaw—often very subtle, and yet reflecting the situation as well as social and cultural transformations resulting from both long-term processes and violent historical events. We will ponder over whether and how a small quarter can focus in itself and demonstrate several hundred years of history of the entire city.

What has changed and why, and what has remained the same?

We will compare the views of Warsaw today with their equivalents from various historic eras and we will learn how to read a city using the top-down approach.

Duration: 90 minutes

Warsaw in a nutshell (museum lesson)

What was Sigismund III Vasa’s contribution to Warsaw? Which events exterted the biggest influence on the history and identity of the city? Where is Wilanów located and why is it worth visiting the Royal Baths Park [Łazienki Królewskie]?

In a clear, condensed form we learn the basic facts from the history of Warsaw, the city’s modern topography and most interesting locations. The class is an introduction to further sightseeing and learning about Poland’s capital.

Duration: 90 minutes

The secrets of the Old Town (city game)

What secrets hides the Old Town in Warsaw?
What can surprise us? 

During the city game in English, we will discover the secrets and interesting facts about the Old Town and its history. We will practice our perception, attention to architectural details and creativity. By completing the tasks, we will learn about the destruction and  reconstruction of Warsaw. We will observe the symbols of the city. We will also check whether the Warsaw mermaid can coexist in the same legend with the Basilisk and the stone bear.

The game is prepared for students who speak English at least B1 level, as well as their foreign friends, who would like to learn about the history of the capital. It can enrich your language lessons or  became a part of an extraordinary sightseeing tour of Warsaw.

Duration: 90 min

The Stories of Warsaw (interpretative tour)

Can objects speak? And if so, what would the things of Warsaw collected at the Museum of Warsaw tell us? They would certainly tell us about the people who had once used them. Some of them were famous, others wealthy, and others still completely common. However, there is something that connects them all—it is Warsaw. The Stories of Warsaw is a class during which, through dialogue, we introduce the participants to the history of Warsaw and its residents, using exhibits collected by the Museum. These exhibits are the key that opens up many stories and tales. Stories woven into the history of a city that has persevered for over seven hundred years.

Duration: 90 minutes

Accessibility: individuals with learning disabilities, individuals on the autism spectrum, individuals with impaired mobility