Polish History and Culture

Film library of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

Fototeka contains photographic resources of the National Film Archive's Audiovisual Institute. Its contents are thematically related to the history of Polish film, including stills, negatives and slides, working photos from set, photos of film crew, and photos from film premieres.

Contains numerous reports detailing human rights issues and posters from organizations like Amnesty International

PAUart contains digitized artistic and scientific collections from the Polish Academy of Arts.

The University of North Texas Library digitized artwork and ephemera from the Solidarity movement of the 1980s.

Urban Forms Foundation for the Google Art Project presents a collection of mural painting displayed in the streets of Lodz, Poland. Urban Forms Gallery is a permanent street art exhibition in public space. To date it consists of 30 large format paintings created directly on the front of the buildings placed in the city center. They form an artistic trail visible for citizens and tourists alike.

Student Artworks Foundation is proud to present a selected collection of works by young emerging artists. These artists are students and graduates from academies, universities and colleges from all over the world.

This guide is intended as an entry point for the study of European film generally, and by selected individual country and regional filmmaking practices. It highlights major titles held at the UCLA Library, and some additional online resources with a primary focus on continental Europe. While many of the resources listed are written in English or English translation, some are available primarily in their original language.

Ninoteka contains nearly 200 digitized titles from archival tapes permanently transferred to the National Film Archive's Audiovisual Institute

The National Film Archive in Poland was created in 1955. From the beginning it belonged to The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), an association of the majority of film archives in the World. The collection of film reels and archival materials such as posters, photos, scripts assembled in Filmoteka Narodowa is one of the largest in Europe.

Digital restorations of films and television series aired by Telewisja Polska (TVP).

Television news network

The Documentary and Feature Film Studio at Chełmska 21 in Warsaw is a legendary institution where Polish films have been made for 75 years. It was founded in 1949, initially as a center for the production of documentary films and the Polish Film Chronicle, soon becoming an important center for feature films.

Digital Library of the Polish Ethnological Society is a specialized digital library containing contemporary texts in the field of ethnography, ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Culture.pl is the flagship brand of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute – a national cultural institution promoting Poland and Polish culture worldwide. Featuring over 40,000 articles in Polish, English and Russian, Culture.pl features the best of Polish literature, design, visual arts, music, film and more, with over 6 million visitors a year across 80 countries.

The Europeana website provides cultural heritage enthusiasts, professionals, teachers, and researchers with access to Europe's digital cultural heritage.

Preserving and promoting the rich architectural and cultural heritage of Lviv (Ger: Lemberg, Pol: Lwów, Yid: לעמבערג, Ukr: Львів), Galicia (Ger: Galizien, Pol: Galicja, Yid: גאַליציע, Ukr: Галичина) and the former Austrian Empire.

Links to digital collections of a variety of Polish museums

Kultura Liberalna / Liberal Culture is a centrist, liberal media organisation, think tank and NGO based in Poland which publishes an influential weekly online journal, featuring articles, commentary and debate. Liberal Culture publishes books, organises international events and develops partnerships with other media outlets around the globe.

Records pertaining to the Solidarity movement.

During the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944, more than 85% of Warsaw's historic centre was destroyed by Nazi troops. After the war, a five-year reconstruction campaign by its citizens resulted in today's meticulous restoration of the Old Town, with its churches, palaces and market-place. It is an outstanding example of a near-total reconstruction of a span of history covering the 13th to the 20th century.

The Book Institute aims to promote and popularize Polish literature abroad.

Virtual Library of Polish Literature

Wolne Lektury provides easy access to Polish literature online.

The Digital Library of Polish Song is a database created in 2007 as part of the mission of the "Library of Polish Song" Cultural Center.

The mission of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum at the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw – the world’s largest Chopin centre – is to cultivate memory of the great composer and to make knowledge about his life and work available to the public at large.

The Polish Music Information Centre was developed in 2001 from the Library of the Polish Composers’ Union - Polish Contemporary Music Documentation Centre, which for fifty years collected books, scores and records as well as information about contemporary Polish composers and their works.

The Polish Music Center at USC’s Thornton School of Music seeks to foster and actively support everything related to music by Polish composers, from the Renaissance era to the present day. Our main task is to serve as ambassadors for Polish Music abroad, by disseminating information and coordinating various events that promote Poland’s rich cultural heritage.

The Theatre Institute in Warsaw documents, promotes and enlivens the Polish theatre scene. The Institute initiates public debate on contemporary Polish theatre, enriches relevant theoretical reflections, and supports research and educational activities. The Institute owns the largest collection of theatre memorabilia in Poland, a collection that includes press clippings, photographs, posters, playbills and more.