The power of an encounter. People who made Poznań
This year Poznań celebrates its 770th birthday! Exactly 770 years ago, in 1253, two dukes of the Wielkopolska Region, Przemysł I and his brother Bolesław the Pious, decided to start a new city by the Warta River. This first and important move contributed to the fact that for the next eight hundred years Poznań continued to become home for many people.
Among the inhabitants of Poznań, apart from the native community, have always been also newcomers from both territories just round the corner and faraway lands. This exhibition presents the history of Poznań from the perspective of the encounters between the local and arriving communities. Oftentimes, it was these encounters that led to the key moments in the development of the city.
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Creators:
Curatorial team: Anna Pikuła, Olga Tarczyńska-Polus, dr Dawid Barbarzak
Script: dr Dawid Barbarzak
Script consultation: Maciej Brzeziński
Arrangement: Anna Sarnowska
Illustrations, visual identification: Kazia Kalitan-Młodkowska
Graphic design: Iga Kucharska
Editing and proofreading: Olga Tarczyńska-Polus, Aleksandra Deskur
Translation into English: Dorota Piwowarczyk
Translation into Ukrainian : Olena Beskupska-Svirjak
Accessibility: Lucyna Kaczmarkiewicz
Contemporary photographs: Łukasz Gdak, Jarosław Tritt, Zbigniew Szmidt, Łukasz Zandecki, Piotr Skórnicki, Nico Trinkhaus
Archival photos from the collection of: : the State Archives in Poznań, the National Museum in Poznań, the University Library in Poznań, Municipal Monument Conservator in Poznań, Głos Wielkopolski’s Archives, Gdańsk Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the British Museum Images, private collection of Witold Hoppel, Wikimedia Commons, the National Digital Library Polona, Wielkopolska Digital Library
Exhibition assembly: Łukasz Lisowski, Jan Hildebrański
Production: Poznań Heritage Centre
