MI POLIN Mezuzah Center

What to expect

This is the smallest and youngest Jewish-heritage museum in Warsaw - and the only one anywhere dedicated solely to mezuzah traces. In a courtyard entrance at ul. Złota 62, right next to a surviving fragment of the Warsaw Ghetto Wall, founders Aleksander Prugar and Helena Czernek run a project documenting doorframes that still carry the indentations left by mezuzahs torn out during the war - either by Germans or by residents themselves, fearing for their safety.

The museum states it has documented 205 such traces in what was once Warsaw’s prewar Jewish district. From them it reconstructs a map of Jewish life in this part of the city before the Holocaust - who lived where, where people prayed, where they ran their shops. This is not a museum of display cases and multimedia in the usual sense: it is an intimate, personal story built on a physical trace that most passersby walk past without ever noticing.

The project has drawn international press attention, including a June 2025 feature in The New York Times. Admission is free; the museum runs on donations.

Note: despite the name, this is an independent private institution with no organizational link to POLIN Museum or the Jewish Historical Institute - the shared “Polin” reference is coincidental in name only. Given the small space and Holocaust-related subject matter, it suits older teens and adults better than young children. One EUR conversion for reference: at roughly 4.3 PLN/EUR, the (nonexistent) admission fee costs nothing either way - this is a free museum for everyone.

Tips

• Free admission, but the museum encourages a voluntary donation - on site, online, or through purchases in its small shop.
• Closed on Saturdays. Open Mon-Fri 9:30 AM-6:30 PM and Sun 11:30 AM-3:00 PM - confirm current hours on the official site before visiting, since this is a small, independent institution.
• The entrance is in a courtyard/gateway to the right, next to the preserved Ghetto Wall fragment - easy to miss from the street.
• For group visits, contact the museum ahead by phone or WhatsApp (+48 502 043 935).

Getting there

Location: ul. Złota 62, on the Wola/Śródmieście border, next to a surviving fragment of the Warsaw Ghetto Wall. Well connected: Rondo ONZ metro station (line M1) is within walking distance, with multiple bus and tram lines running along al. Jana Pawła II and ul. Towarowa.

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