The Museum of the History of Polish Jews Polin from Warsaw (Poland) is organizing an international conference Museums and Their Publics at Sites of Conflicted History between 13 and 15 March 2017. The conference will explore the role of museums in negotiating new public histories in societies in transition, as old narratives and historical policies are questioned and stories once silenced are given voice. A special emphasis will be laid on how the historical narratives constructed in museums help to shape new social relations in a dynamically changing present. Andreja Rihter, PhD, will present her contribution and chair one of the sessions.
Polin Museum is a winner of numerous prestigious awards. In 2016 it won the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) as well as the Award of the European Museum Academy (EMA).