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Wsłuchaj się w muzeum: An Artistic Intervention Exhibition Exploring Warsaw History

Discover unique perspectives through audio guides created by foreign students for the main 'Warsaw Things' exhibition.

Wsłuchaj się w muzeum offers an engaging artistic intervention at the Museum of Warsaw, featuring unique audio guides developed by foreign students. These guides provide personal interpretations of key items within the 'Warsaw Things' exhibition. Visitors can explore various thematic cabinets, gaining fresh insights into Warsaw's rich cultural heritage and history through these diverse student voices.

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Exhibition summary

Wsłuchaj się w muzeum is an artistic intervention within the 'Warsaw Things' exhibition, featuring audio guides created by foreign students learning Polish. These student-developed guides offer personal perspectives on selected exhibition cabinets and their collections.

Curatorial context

Wsłuchaj się w muzeum (Listen in the Museum) is an artistic intervention conceived by foreign students learning Polish as a foreign language from the University of Warsaw. Over the winter semester of 2022/2023, these students collaborated with curators and librarians to develop their own audio guides for the most captivating cabinets within the main 'Warsaw Things' exhibition. The intervention focuses on specific sections like the Archaeological Cabinet, Sirens of Warsaw, Warsaw Monuments, Postcards, Views of Warsaw, Portraits, Clothing, Warsaw Company Packaging, Relics, Schiel Family, and Warsaw Clocks. Participants not only explored the exhibition and museum collections but also engaged with museum operations, gaining an insider's perspective. The audio guides, written and recorded in intermediate-level Polish, are accessible via QR codes placed before the relevant cabinets, allowing visitors to hear the students' personal interpretations of Warsaw's history and culture.

Admission and ticket notes

The exhibition is accessible with a ticket to the permanent exhibition, priced at 25 PLN for a regular ticket and 18 PLN for a reduced ticket. Admission is free on Thursdays. Visitors can purchase tickets through the museum's online booking system.

Wsłuchaj się w muzeum key exhibition facts

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Venue
Museum of Warsaw
Current status
Completed
Exhibition schedule
Mar 16, 2023 – Jun 16, 2023
Artist line / attribution
The intervention was developed by students from the University of Warsaw's Center of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners 'Polonicum' and the Doctoral School of Humanities. Key collaborators include project coordinator Katarzyna Žák-Caplot, text editors Grażyna Deneka and Anna Krzysztofik, and numerous curatorial consultants. The audio guide co-authors are Nikita Bogdanovich, Antonina Bratuhina, Stafaniya Buyakevich, Natali Chintalyan, Victoria Chymshyt, Valeriia Dibrova, Anastasiia Kostina, Kseniia Kovalenko, Anna Oliinyk, Egor Polishchuk, Mariia Shcherbak, Veronika Svitina, Svitlana Tkachuk, and Johanna Turno.
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