Reconstruction of the wooden synagogue of Gwoździec
In 2011, the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland together with the Museum of the History of Polish Jews and Handshouse Studio initiated the reconstruction of the timber roof structure and polychrome wooden ceiling of the lost 17th-century wooden synagogue of Gwoździec
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. The cornerstone was laid in 2007, and the museum's Core Exhibition opened in 2014. The museum features a multimedia narrative exhibition about the vibrant Jewish community that flourished in Poland for a thousand years up to the Holocaust. The building, a postmodern structure in glass, copper, and concrete, was designed by Finnish architects Rainer Mahlamäki and Ilmari Lahdelma. An important part of the exibition is a unique reconstruction of the roof and ceiling of Gwoździec, a wooden synagogue that was located in the Ukraine. (see Wikipedia).
Reconstruction of the wooden synagogue of Gwoździec
In 2011, the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland together with the Museum of the History of Polish Jews and Handshouse Studio initiated the reconstruction of the timber roof structure and polychrome wooden ceiling of the lost 17th-century wooden synagogue of Gwoździec
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. The cornerstone was laid in 2007, and the museum's Core Exhibition opened in 2014. The museum features a multimedia narrative exhibition about the vibrant Jewish community that flourished in Poland for a thousand years up to the Holocaust. The building, a postmodern structure in glass, copper, and concrete, was designed by Finnish architects Rainer Mahlamäki and Ilmari Lahdelma. An important part of the exibition is a unique reconstruction of the roof and ceiling of Gwoździec, a wooden synagogue that was located in the Ukraine. (see Wikipedia).