Join us Nov. 29, 2025 for our second annual Christmas Open House. Featuring special displays, a makers' market, and refreshments. Free admission!

On November 2, 2025, we celebrated a very special milestone — 40 years of Ogniwo Polish Museum bringing together the stories of Polish immigration to Manitoba. More than 180 guests joined us for our 40 th anniversary lunch, including representatives from Polish and Canadian institutions, community organizations, friends, and our amazing volunteers. We were honoured to welcome Polish Consul General Marek Ciesielczuk, City of Winnipeg  Councillor Bryan Mayes (St. Vital), and r

Mondays 7-9 PM 1417 Main Street, Winnipeg Admission: Free What does it mean to leave a legacy? The individuals featured here today led varied lives. Some lived through trying times in their home country of Poland—war, hunger, forced labour, loss. Some came to Canada alone, others with loved ones. Some arrived as children, and others as adults. All of them share the experience of leaving behind their home and starting a very different life in Winnipeg. In this new environment,

Join us Sunday, November 2, 2025 as we celebrate our 40th Anniversary and launch the Ogniwo Polish Museum Capital Campaign ! Featuring special guest speaker Dr. Zbigniew Izydorczyk . Please donate to our capital campaign! Ogniwo Polish Museum is the only one of its kind in Canada, collecting and preserving artefacts, archives, and library materials according to professional standards while making the stories and cultural traditions of the Polish community accessible to the

Starting September 1st we are back to winter hours. Please visit Ogniwo on Saturdays between 10am and 1pm.

The "RE-THREAD: Embroidery, Reimagined" exhibit at the Ogniwo Polish Museum offers a fresh take on traditional embroidery, showcasing contemporary artists' work that reinterprets this cultural art form. Visitors can explore the exhibit both in person and online through the Virtual Gallery Space. This exhibit highlights the evolving legacy and creative possibilities of embroidery within Polish heritage.

The story of Huta Różaniecka, Poland, as told through seven decades of correspondence Władysław Ważny, pictured in Poland ca. 1919. He was a Sergeant in the Polish Army and fought in the Battle of Lwow during WWI. Source: OPMA A-2018-07. In 1927, Władysław (Walter) Ważny set his sights beyond his home village of Huta Różaniecka, Poland, and embarked on a new life in the Canadian prairies. Departing by sea from the Port of Danzig, Władysław arrived in Canada on June 1 st of t