POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, reconstruction

Reconstruction of the painted ceiling, timber-frame roof, and bimah of the wooden synagogue that once stood in Gwoździec, today in Ukraine — a centerpiece of the eighteenth-century gallery, “The Jewish Town,” in the Core Exhibition, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw. The reconstruction was created using traditional tools, materials, and techniques. Photograph by Magdalena Starowieyska and Darek Golik. Courtesy of Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, reconstruction." (Viewed on November 2, 2024) <http://qa.jwa.org/media/polin-museum-history-polish-jews-reconstruction>.