The Polish Museum of America in Chicago

Address:
The Polish Museum of America
984 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60622
Phones: (773) 384-3352; (773)384-3731;
Fax: (773) 384-3799
E-mail: PGSAmerica@aol.com

Founded in 1935

Archival holdings: Records related to the history of Poland and Polish American community, from XVIII to XX century. Archive contains records of Polish American ethnic and scholar societies in the USA (Polish American Historical Society, Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences, Branch in Chicago, Zwiazek Podhalan), records of Polish Roman Catholic churches and Polish National Catholic Church, Polish American Congres, Polish Roman Catholic Union. Personal papers in the archive contain private and political correspondence of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Jan Ignacy Paderewski. There are materials about Polish Pavilion in the Worlds Fair 1939 in New York City (the other part is in the New York Public Library). Also there are materials about the Polish Army in France in the World War I, oral history collection, news clippings on Polish Americans and Polonia events. Large and precious map collecion (XV-XX century).

Other holdings: Collection includes museum holdings, as well as a Polish ethnic library - one of the largest outside the Poland.

If you want more information please contact Polish Museum of America.
The Polish Museum of America website - http://www.prcua.org/pma/
Open daily from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm.