The Warsaw Photoplasticon is open again!

Right now, a new temporary exhibition shows a unique collection of 48 stereoscopic photographs taken in the late 1920’s depicting Warsaw with its well-known as well as less visited places.

The Warsaw Photoplasticon has been operating continously in a historic house owned by the Hoser Family at 51, Jerusalem Avenue in Warsaw since 1905. Privatly owned it has not been subject to any historical, political nor technological arrangements. Throughout decades it has played different unexpected roles, from a conspiracy meeting point in 1940’s to a totally forgotten site in the 1990’s. In 2008 the Warsaw Rising Museum decided to take care of this true jewel on the map of Warsaw, one of the few relics that remind us of Warsaw that no longer exists. Since then the Photoplasticon has become an important venue for cultural events.

 

Right now, a new temporary exhibition shows a unique collection of 48 stereoscopic photographs taken in the late 1920’s depicting Warsaw with its well-known as well as less visited places.

The collection was bought by Tomasz Bielawski who has been the author of many exhibitions already presented at the Warsaw Photoplasticon. However, we know very little about the author of the collection. The only details say that he was a Frenchman on a trip to Poland and he visted family or friends living in Wołomin, one of Warsaw’s nearby towns.

 

There are 10,000 3D photographs in our main collection. They document mostly the world at the shift of the 19th and 20th century: exotic journeys and Warsaw in different years of its prewar and afterwar existence.

Due to renovation works in 2021 conducted by the Warsaw Rising Museum, the Photoplasticon offers more space for cultural events as a new expostition room was added, as well as a technology lab and archive.

 

The place has become the venue for concerts, urban games, workshops, lectures and conferences, not to mention its important role as a unique and authentic scenography for films and TV shows.

The Warsaw Photoplasticon is undoubtedly a true element of Warsaw’s identity.

 

Opening hours
Mon-Sunday 10 am – 6 pm
Tuesday – closed

Admission fee
Adult: 10 PLN
Reduced-fare: 6 PLN

Free admission on Thrusday

Address:
51, Jerusalem Avenue, Warsaw (Aleje Jerozolimskie 51, Warszawa)

 

 

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