This Event is part of the Arts Out East Festival 2018
View stunning original artworks by local artist Lindy Fisher and discover the story of 733 Polish children invited to NZ during WW2. Watch Poles Apart and peruse the galleries.
Hear an introductory talk about the Stefania Dancing Slippers artworks by Lindy Fisher, book written by Jennifer Beck.
Open to individuals and small groups.
Price is $10 per person. Sorry no eftpos available, receipt given.
Bookings not required.
‘Poles Apart’ (1 hour) tells the poignant story and background of 733 Polish children and 102 adults who came to live in Pahiatua, New Zealand, 1944. These survivors were forcibly deported from Poland to Russia during World War 2 then evacuated to Persia during a short amnesty. They eventually found a home in New Zealand.
”Soviet Story’ is the most powerful antidote yet to the sanitation of the past.
This film is gripping, audacious and uncompromising.’ The Economist
This is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale.
Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th 1945. Its crimes were made taboo and the complete story of Europe’s most murderous regime has never been told till now.
Mature audience only.
Artwork by Lindy Fisher
Teacher Only Session for the PHTM
In house lesson: Identity/Migration: Polish children arrive in 1944
You are warmly invited to a Teacher Only Session for the Learning Outside The Classroom, PHTM educational programme called Stefania For Schools based on the book Stefania’s Dancing Slippers by Jennifer Beck and illustrated by Lindy Fisher.
Primary / Intermediate teachers and home educators are invited to visit the Polish Museum for a presentation, in preparation for student visits in 2018 . Experience the ‘Stefania for Schools’ lesson called Identity/Migration: Polish children arrive in 1944 with slideshow, objects and artworks, linked to the NZ school curriculum.
These free sessions are also available on request for your school team.
For bookings/enquiries and alternative dates email phtmuseum@outlook.com or phone Lynette, PHTM Education Officer, on 533 3530.
This programmes is age appropriate from Years 3-8, age group 7-13 years old
‘Battle of Warsaw – Uprising in 1944 / Bitwa o Warszawe – Powstanie w 44’ dir. Wanda Koscia (2005). History of the Warsaw Uprising, the bloodiest military action taken by the only underground army in occupied Europe.
The history of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising presented from the perspective of participants, mainly insurgents who in a lively, involved and emotional way talk about their experiences, fate of their friends and their beloved city. The story is also told from 2 other perspectives, a German soldier, who participated in the brutal suppression of the Warsaw’s quarter Wola and a British pilot and member of the British Military Mission in Moscow.
Their accounts allow their views to reconstruct a dramatic story of the uprising and the personal dramas of its participants.Produced in Poland and Great Britain. (47 min)
PLUS
‘A Forgotten Odyssey’ dir. Jagna Wright (2000). In 1940, after Russia invaded Poland, Stalin deported 1.7 million Poles to slave labour camps in Siberia and Kazakhstan. Only one third of them survived.
They tell their stories. The main destinations of these transports were Archangelsk and Kazakhstan. In some cases, the deportees were just dumped in the middle of a forest and told to build their own shelters. In other cases, they were moved to various collective farms called “kolhozs” (collectivnoye hoziaystvo).
It is estimated that slightly more than 100,000 people were later transported to Pahlevi, Persia, via the Caspian Sea. Roughly half were soldiers and half civilians. This constitutes about 7 percent of all Polish citizens who were in Russia between September 1939 and June 1941.
How many remained in Russia, how many died, how many were allowed to return to Poland after the war can be only speculated. (52 min)
This exhibition is part of the Auckland Heritage Festival 2018
View delightful styles of Polish ceramics, from hand-painted Boleslawiec blue dot tableware, famous in Europe for several hundred years, to regional Kashubian plates and a vintage folk-art floral teapot.
The other galleries in the museum will also be open.
Entry by Donation to the museum is suggested $10 – $5
Artwork by Lindy Fisher
Teacher Only Session for the PHTM
In house lesson: Identity/Migration: Polish children arrive in 1944
You are warmly invited to a Teacher Only Session for the Learning Outside The Classroom, PHTM educational programme called Stefania For Schools based on the book Stefania’s Dancing Slippers by Jennifer Beck and illustrated by Lindy Fisher.
Primary / Intermediate teachers and home educators are invited to visit the Polish Museum for a presentation, in preparation for student visits in 2018 . Experience the ‘Stefania for Schools’ lesson called Identity/Migration: Polish children arrive in 1944 with slideshow, objects and artworks, linked to the NZ school curriculum.
These free sessions are also available on request at times and dates for your school team.
For bookings/enquiries and alternative dates email phtmuseum@outlook.com or phone Lynette, PHTM Education Officer, on 533 3530.
This programmes is age appropriate from Years 3-8, age group 7-13 years old
Artwork by Lindy Fisher
Teacher Only Session for the PHTM
In house lesson: Identity/Migration: Polish children arrive in 1944
You are warmly invited to a Teacher Only Session for the Learning Outside The Classroom, PHTM educational programme called Stefania For Schools based on the book Stefania’s Dancing Slippers by Jennifer Beck and illustrated by Lindy Fisher.
Primary / Intermediate teachers and home educators are invited to visit the Polish Museum for a presentation, in preparation for student visits in 2018 . Experience the ‘Stefania for Schools’ lesson called Identity/Migration: Polish children arrive in 1944 with slideshow, objects and artworks, linked to the NZ school curriculum.
These free sessions are also available on request at times and dates for your school team.
For bookings/enquiries and alternative dates email phtmuseum@outlook.com or phone Lynette, PHTM Education Officer, on 533 3530.
This programmes is age appropriate from Years 3-8, age group 7-13 years old
Artwork by Lindy Fisher
Teacher Only Session for information about the PHTM in-house 1 hour lesson
In house lesson: Identity/Migration: Polish children arrive in 1944
You are warmly invited to a Teacher Only Session for the Learning Outside The Classroom, PHTM educational programme called Stefania For Schools based on the book Stefania’s Dancing Slippers by Jennifer Beck and illustrated by Lindy Fisher.
Primary / Intermediate teachers and home educators are invited to visit the Polish Museum for a presentation, in preparation for student visits in 2018 . Experience the ‘Stefania for Schools’ lesson called Identity/Migration: Polish children arrive in 1944 with slideshow, objects and artworks, linked to the NZ school curriculum.
These free sessions are also available on request at times and dates for your school team.
For bookings/enquiries and alternative dates email phtmuseum@outlook.com or phone Lynette, PHTM Education Officer, on 533 3530.
This programmes is age appropriate from Years 3-8, age group 7-13 years old
Artwork by Lindy Fisher
Teacher Only Session for information about the PHTM in-house 1 hour lesson
In house lesson: Identity/Migration: Polish children arrive in 1944
You are warmly invited to a Teacher Only Session for the Learning Outside The Classroom, PHTM educational programme called Stefania For Schools based on the book Stefania’s Dancing Slippers by Jennifer Beck and illustrated by Lindy Fisher.
Primary / Intermediate teachers and home educators are invited to visit the Polish Museum for a presentation, in preparation for student visits in 2018 . Experience the ‘Stefania for Schools’ lesson called Identity/Migration: Polish children arrive in 1944 with slideshow, objects and artworks, linked to the NZ school curriculum.
These free sessions are also available on request at times and dates for your school team.
For bookings/enquiries and alternative dates email phtmuseum@outlook.com or phone Lynette, PHTM Education Officer, on 533 3530.
This programmes is age appropriate from Years 3-8, age group 7-13 years old
Paper cut-outs school holiday workshop $8.00 per person, 7 years plus, relaxing and fun, plenty of ideas given to take home and try more designs!
Come create with paper and scissors. Great activity for the whole family
Polish decorative paper cut-outs belong to the most colourful in the world. Traditionally they were cut by hand, without drawing the lines first, using sheep-sheering scissors.
- Take home 2 art works.
- Watch a short presentation
- Designs based on the Lowicz and Kurpie regions of Poland
- This workshop is also available throughout the year, other dates and days, and is ideal for birthday parties too!
Bookings preferred please, phone 533 3530 or 021 107 0169 or email us.
Museum hours Tue to Fri 10-4 and Sunday 12-5