8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
The Educational Centre and Museum "Świętokrzyski Shtetl" is part of the Chmielnik Cultural Center. It is located in the former synagogue in Chmielnik, transformed into a multimedia museum and educational center. Visitors can take a virtual tour of the Jewish shtetl using intuitive touch screens and multimedia maps of the area. The center of the exhibition of the "Świętokrzyski Shtetl" is a glass bimah modeled on an 18th-century original. Bima is the most important place in the synagogue. Most often it takes the form of a canopy, and during services it is from it that the priest reads the Torah. "Świętokrzyski Shtetl" evokes the memory of old Poland, in which there were several dozen shtetls, i.e. small Jewish towns. The idea and goal behind the establishment of the center is to maintain the tradition resulting from the coexistence of Jewish and Polish culture in this city.
Please note that ITS-Poland works with groups only (10 participants and more).
