A museum is more than just a place where walls filled with text, photographs, and audio recordings tell a story, important as those may be. It’s also a space for events, especially those geared toward young people – and who knows better what’s trendy than the young people themselves?
Who are the council members?
They are high school students recruited from across the country. The council consists of a permanent group that works together over the course of two years, meeting both in person in Ostrów Mazowiecka and online. (Members from outside Ostrów County are reimbursed for travel expenses and provided with accommodations, including for a guardian if they are underage).
What does the council do?
It takes part in the life of the museum, as its council members become a part of the museum team, in particular as:
What did the 1st term of the youth council accomplish?
Chairman:
Dawid Tubacki
Vice Chairman:
Oliwia Dziełak
Secretary:
Magdalena Ościłowska
Council Members:
Natalia Brzostek
Hubert Kraska
Alicja Kusy
Michał Kusy
Julia Lewandowska
Dominik Tkaczewski
Mateusz Ziemczyk
Stepped down from the council before their term was complete:
Mateusz Brzózka
Kamil Świątkowski
Tomasz Ziemak
Chairman:
Michalina Nowicka
Vice Chairman:
Weronika Szyszkowska
Secretaries:
Zofia Dudek i Wiktor Mierzejewski
Council Members:
Wiktoria Puławska
Magdalena Rybińska
Maksymilian Kiełbik
Cezary Jankowski
Maja Walentynowicz
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Museum Director
Museum director since 1/12/2023.
Achieved an MA in Sociology at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences of the University of Warsaw. For many years involved with the Institute of National Remembrance, where she led projects related to the popularisation of history (General Stefan Rowecki “Grota” historical clubs) and education.
Coordinator, co-organiser and author of many educational projects for various target groups, including the IPN Historical Debate Tournament (for high school, Polish diaspora and university students, as well as a public debate for blind and visually impaired students), “I see faces, not numbers” literary picture of totalitarian crimes, and Police in Service of History. In 2019-2021 she worked in the project department of the Pilecki Institute with programs such as Called by Name and Virtus et Fraternitas, and also created the AD VOCEM Pilecki Institute Debates project, and co-created the educational project “Pilecki’s Fives”.
Active as the historical-educational department manager and chief archivist at the Pilecki Family House Museum; acting director since 1/04/2023 and director since 1/12/2023. Author and co-author of many projects at the museum; co-creator of the museum educational workshops centred around the permanent exhibition and workshops for groups with intellectual disabilities. Coordinator of the Museum Youth Council.
For 20 years an instructor at the Scouting Association of the Republic of Poland, scoutmaster, commander of the Masovian Scout District (2006-2008), author of the regulations for Girl Scout ranks; member of the Management Board (2012–2014). Since 2020, a member of the board of the Educational Projects Foundation, where, among others, created and conducted the History on the Road project. Member of the Museum Educator Forum Association.
Awarded the Pro Patria medal by the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression, the medal “For Merits to the Association” by the Warsaw branch of the Police Family Association of 1939, and the Golden Honorary Cross of the Piłsudski Union of the Republic of Poland.
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