The Emigration Museum (in Polish: Muzeum Emigracji) is a museum located in the city of

Gdynia Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and ...

, Poland. Opened to the public on 16 May 2015, it showcases 200 years of Polish

emigration Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanentl ...

s, from the 19th century to modern days. It is located in the former Maritime Station, which from the 1930s until 1979 was a transit building from which thousands of Polish emigrants left for their new homelands. The building was refurbished in mid-2014 at a cost of PLN 49.3 million. In 2018 the Museum received the Živa Award of the Best Slavic Museum by the

Forum Slavic Cultures Forum or The Forum (plural forums or fora) may refer to: Common uses * Forum (legal), designated space for public expression in the United States *Forum (Roman), open public space within a Roman city **Roman Forum, most famous example *Internet ...

.Živa 2018 Award for the Emigration Museum in Gdynia
on the official website of the Emigration Museum

References

External links

Official website
* Museums in Poland Buildings and structures in Gdynia Museums established in 2015 2015 establishments in Poland Museums of human migration Polish diaspora {{Poland-museum-stub