Marian Turski elected Chairman of the POLIN Museum Council
FOT. M. JAŹWIECKI / MUZEUM HISTORII ŻYDÓW POLSKICH
During its first meeting, the newly appointed POLIN Museum Council elected Marian Turski to be the Council’s Chairman. Deputy chairwoman and chairman were also elected: Ms Aldona Machnowska-Góra, Deputy Mayor of Warsaw, and Mr Artur Hofman, head of the Social-Cultural Association of Jews in Poland.
Mr. Turski will continue to act as the POLIN Council’s Chairman for the incoming term (2022-2026). He has held the Chairman’s post since the establishment of POLIN Museum.
The POLIN Council consists of representatives of the three Museum co-founders, the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the City of Warsaw:
Artur Hofman
Ronald S. Lauder
Aldona Machnowska-Góra
Ewa Malinowska-Grupińska
Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski
Shana Penn
Zygmunt Rolat
Prof. Adam Daniel Rotfeld
Ryszard Schnepf
Dr. Jarosław Sellin
Albert Stankowski
Dr. Mateusz Szpytma
Marian Turski
Bronisław Wildstein
Piotr Wiślicki
The Museum Council is a collective body which brings together various parties and institutions involved in the Museum’s establishment process. In addition to authorities from various fields, the Council includes prominent scholars and experts in Jewish and general history. Its role is to evaluate the Museum’s to-date achievements and determine directions for future development. The Council is also mandated to approve the final appearance and content of the Core Exhibition.