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The Zajezdnia History Center was built in the facilities of a former bus depot on Grabiszynska Street. This is an important place on the historical map of Wroclaw, because it was here that the largest protest actions were organized in 1980 in support of the striking workers from the Coast.
What events are held at the Zajezdnia History Center?
The Zajezdnia History Center presents exhibitions on Poland’s post-war history with an emphasis on the past of Lower Silesia and Wroclaw.
The main exhibition is entitled “Wroclaw 1945-2016”. It deals with the stages of Wrocław’s rebirth after wartime destruction and the inhabitants’ finding themselves in new political circumstances. In recent history, Breslau is the largest European city whose population was almost completely replaced. The houses and apartments left behind by the Germans were occupied by Poles displaced from the eastern part of Poland.
Zajezdnia History Center is a well-documented and interestingly narrated process of building a new identity for the city. The exhibition at the museum consists of: thousands of photos, films, multimedia presentations, as well as original exhibits. The Zajezdnia History Center also presents temporary exhibitions on significant events and figures from the history of Poland and Wroclaw.
In addition, the Zajezdnia History Center hosts:
- outdoor events, concerts, film screenings – both in the indoor hall and in the outdoor cinema,
- historical games,
- Educational workshops for children and young people,
- seminars and scientific conferences,
- Meetings with writers and heroes of historical events,
- performances.
History of the creation of the Zajezdnia History Center
The Zajezdnia History Center was established as a museum facility in 2016. It is run by the “Memory and Future” Center – an institution supervised by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Wroclaw local government.
The purpose of the Center is research on Poland’s recent history, with an emphasis on the history of Wroclaw and Lower Silesia, and its presentation.
The Memory and Future Center recorded filmed stories of Wroclaw settlers, documents, publications, exhibits, which today are in the resources of the Zajezdnia History Center.
Under the banner of the Center for Remembrance and Future, a traveling exhibition was created – Train to History, which was arranged in a railroad car similar to those used by resettlers from the Borderlands to come to Lower Silesia. The exhibition was shown in many cities in Lower Silesia.
The institution closely cooperates with associations of Sybiraks and Kresowians, and is the publisher of the quarterly “Memory and Future,” the Wrocław Oral History Yearbook and the Wrocław Local Government Yearbook.
