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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "museum on the site of the former warsaw ghetto". Today it says "museum dedicated to preserving and recalling the memory of the history of jews in poland". We saved the article's opening at 5 moments between 2010 and 2025, and every claim links the exact revision.

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The Museum of History of Polish Jews ( ) is a new museum under construction on the site of the Warsaw ghetto .¹ The cornerstone was laid in 2007 and the museum is scheduled to open in 2012. The museum will feature multimedia exhibits on vibrant Jewish community that flourished in Poland for a thousand years.² The building, a modern structure in glass and limestone, was designed by Finnish architects Rainer Mahlamäki and Ilmari Lahdelma.³ The museum's academic consultants are Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett from the New York University , Hanna Zaremska from the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences , Adam Teller of the University of Haifa , David Assaf of Tel Aviv University , Marcin Wodziński from University of Wrocław , Samuel Kassow of Trinity College , Michael Steinlauf of Gratz College in Philadelphia, Barbara Enkelging-Boni from Polish Center of the Holocaust in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Jacek Leociak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Havi Ben Sasson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Helena Datner, The Jewish Historical Institute, and Stanisław Krajewski of Warsaw University . The North American Council of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews [1] is a U.S. based non-profit organization supporting the creation of the Museum. On June 17th 2009 the museum launched a bilingual Polish-English website called the Museum of the History of Polish Jews "Virtual Shtetl", listing 1,240 towns with maps, statistics and picture galleries. The new portal intends to collect and provide essential information about Jewish life in Poland prior to Second World War and the Holocaust in Poland .⁴ Polish, Jewish leaders break ground on landmark Jewish museum The Associated Press, June 26, 2007 Poland's new Jewish museum to mark community's thousand-year history, The Associated Press, June 24, 2007 [2] Polish, Jewish leaders break ground on landmark Jewish museum The Associated Press, June 26, 2007 Museum of the History of Polish Jews: About the museum “The Virtual Shtetl”⁵

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POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews ( ) is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto . The Hebrew word Polin in the museum's name means, in English, either "Poland" or "rest here" and is related to a legend on the arrival of the first Jews in Poland. The cornerstone was laid in 2007, and the museum was first opened on April 19, 2013. The museum's Core Exhibition opened in October 2014. The museum features a multimedia narrative exhibition about the vibrant Jewish community that flourished in Poland for a thousand years up to the Holocaust . The building, a postmodern structure in glass, copper, and concrete, was designed by Finnish architects Rainer Mahlamäki and Ilmari Lahdelma. POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews . "About the Museum" , POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, accessed December 18, 2014 The Associated Press (June 24, 2007), Poland's new Jewish museum to mark community's thousand-year history. Polish, Jewish leaders break ground on landmark Jewish museum The Associated Press, June 26, 2007

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Historic museum in Warszaw POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews ( ) is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto . The Hebrew word Polin in the museum's English name means either " Poland " or "rest here" and relates to a legend about the arrival of the first Jews to Poland. The museum's cornerstone was laid in 2007, and the museum opened on 19 April 2013. The core exhibition opened in October 2014 and features a multimedia exhibition about the Jewish community that flourished in Poland for a thousand years up to the World War II Holocaust . The building, a postmodern structure in glass, copper, and concrete, was designed by Finnish architects Rainer Mahlamäki and Ilmari Lahdelma. POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews . "About the Museum" , POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, accessed December 18, 2014 The Associated Press (June 24, 2007), Poland's new Jewish museum to mark community's thousand-year history. Polish, Jewish leaders break ground on landmark Jewish museum The Associated Press, June 26, 2007

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Historic museum in Warsaw POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews ( ) is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto . The Hebrew word Polin in the museum's English name means either " Poland " or "rest here" and relates to a legend about the arrival of the first Jews to Poland. The museum's cornerstone was laid in 2007, and the museum opened on 19 April 2013. The core exhibition opened in October 2014 and features a multimedia exhibition about the Jewish community that flourished in Poland for a thousand years up to the World War II Holocaust . The building, a postmodern structure in glass, copper, and concrete, was designed by Finnish architects Rainer Mahlamäki and Ilmari Lahdelma. POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews . "About the Museum" , POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, accessed December 18, 2014 The Associated Press (June 24, 2007), Poland's new Jewish museum to mark community's thousand-year history. Polish, Jewish leaders break ground on landmark Jewish museum The Associated Press, June 26, 2007

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Historic museum in Warsaw POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews ( Polish : Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich ) is a museum dedicated to preserving and recalling the memory of the history of Jews in Poland . The museum is located on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto . The Hebrew word Polin in the museum's English name means either " Poland " or "rest here" and relates to a legend about the arrival of the first Jews to Poland. Construction of the museum in designated land in Muranów , Warsaw's prewar Jewish quarter, began in 2009, following an international architectural competition won by Finnish architects Rainer Mahlamäki and Ilmari Lahdelma. Completed at a cost of 320 million zł , the museum opened on 19 April 2013 with the core exhibition, showcasing the thousand-year history of Polish Jews, opening on 28 October 2014. The museum's architecture features a minimalist exterior with glass fins and copper mesh, and an interior designed by Event Communications . A central feature is the cavernous entrance hall, symbolizing the fractured history of Polish Jews . The organizational structure of POLIN includes an academic team led by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and chief historian Antony Polonsky . The museum's Core Exhibition, occupying over 4,000 square metres (43,000 ft ), presents a comprehensive narrative of Jewish history in Poland across eight galleries. These galleries cover periods from the early Jewish settlers in Poland to the Holocaust and the post-war years, using multimedia narratives, interactive installations, and reconstructions, such as the Gwoździec synagogue 's roof and ceiling. The museum also operates the Virtual Shtetl portal, providing extensive information on Jewish life in Poland before and after the Holocaust. POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews . POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews .

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