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Updated exhibition rules and regulations, effective from March 30, 2022, can be downloaded here:
Opening hours:
If you are a person with special needs, please contact us by phone at +48 22 827 92 21 or at the e-mail address rezerwacja@jhi.pl to discuss and facilitate your visit to the Jewish Historical Institute.
Admission to the exhibitions:
Entry limit for permanent exhibition – 35 people, temporary exhibition – 50 people.
The limit for admission to the synagogue exhibition is 15 people.
In 2025, the Institute will be closed on holidays:
| January 1 | New Year |
| January 6 | Epiphany |
| April 20 | Easter |
| April 21 | Easter Monday |
| May 1 | International Workers' Day |
| May 3 | 3 May Constitution Day |
| June 8 | Whit Sunday |
| June 19 | Corpus Christi |
| August 15 | Armed Forces Day, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| November 1 | All Saints' Day |
| November 11 | Independence Day |
| December 25 | Christmas |
| December 26 | Christmas |
You can buy tickets online or at the Institute’s ticket office, open:
Payment by card and cash.
On Mondays, exhibitions are free of charge.
The cloakroom is mandatory.
For guided tours for groups of school students, university students or seniors, please visit our Education section.
For educational walks for groups other than school students, university students or seniors, please see the list of available walks in our Education section and contact us by e-mail: edukacja@jhi.pl
Price list:
The walks require 10 participants minimum.
For educational walks for groups of school students, university students or seniors, please visit our Education section. Walks for these groups are free of charge.
Walks are organized from April 1 to October 31.
For educational workshops for groups other than school students, university students or seniors, please see the list of available walks in our Education section and contact us by e-mail: edukacja@jhi.pl
Price list:
The workshops require 10 participants minimum.
For educational workshops for groups of school students, university students or seniors, please visit our Education section. Workshops for these groups are free of charge.
Please book your visits at least 14 days in advance. In case of paid visits, the payment should be submitted at lest 7 days in advance.
Our bookstore Księgarnia na Tłomackiem is open:
e-mail: ksiegarnia@jhi.pl
tel.: (+48 22) 827 92 21 ext. 123
Queries, meetings, and visits are possible only by appointment!
Archives
Readers can take research visits during reading room working hours. Documents can be ordered between 9 AM and 3 PM. In the case of longer research visits, please contact us in advance at archiwum@jhi.pl or areszka@jhi.pl to reserve a place.
Readers are required to wear masks and gloves.
e-mail: archiwum@jhi.pl
tel.: (+48 22) 827 92 21 ext. 124
Library
The reading room provides documents from the Archives of the Jewish Historical Institute as well as books and periodicals from the Library’s resources. Orders can be placed in person or by e-mail. Documents and books are available only on site.
The reading room offers bibliographic help, shares information about Jewish institutions, and provides information for historical research. You may use your own copying devices in the reading room.
Working hours:
Opening hours:
Same-day orders should be placed:
e-mail: library@jhi.pl
tel.: (+48 22) 827 92 21 ext. 110
Heritage Documentation Department
We invite everyone interested in information on Jewish heritage in Poland (Warsaw and other cities, cemeteries, photographs etc.) to visit the Heritage Documentation Department.
Monday – Friday: 10 am – 4 pm
Research visits in the JHI reading room only by prior arrangement are possible from Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
e-mail: dokumentacja@jhi.pl
tel.: (+48 22) 827 92 21 ext. 130
We also encourage you to use the materials available at www.cbj.jhi.pl and www.delet.jhi.pl
Digitalization
Monday – Friday: 10 am – 4 pm
Contact: Ada Małczyńska
e-mail: digitalizacjait@jhi.pl
tel.: (+48 22) 827 92 21 ezt. 111
Conservation
Monday – Friday: 9 am – 3 pm
Contact: Violetta Bachur
e-mail: konserwacja@jhi.pl
tel.: (+48 22) 827 92 21 ext. 118
Art Department
Tuesday – Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Contact: Zuzanna Benesz-Goldfinger
e-mail: sztuka@jhi.pl
tel. (+48 22) 827 92 21 ext. 104
Publishing
Tuesday, Thursday: 9 am – 5 pm
Office:
tel.: (+48) 784 366 451
Genealogy
We encourage everyone interested in searching for their Jewish roots to contact the Genealogy Department.
e-mail: familyheritage@jhi.pl
fb: https://www.facebook.com/GenealogyPoland
tel.: (+48) 602 472 557
Underground: M1 Ratusz-Arsenał Station
Buses:
107, 111, 160, 190 — Metro Ratusz-Arsenał stop
107, 111, 222, 520, E-2 — Plac Bankowy stop
Trams:
4, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 26, 35 — Metro Ratusz-Arsenał stop
4, 15, 18, 35 — pl. Bankowy stop
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