As every year, we encourage you to celebrate Children’s Day with your family and check what Warsaw cultural institutions have prepared for this occasion. This time it will be a celebration different than usual, because in the shadow of the pandemic and quarantine – due to the situation in the country, large outdoor events were abandoned and most of the events offered on that day to the youngest were transferred to the network.
We do not encourage you to spend the whole day in front of the computer, but we are giving you some suggestions for nice family online activities (and not only :-), found in the offer of cultural institutions. Don’t worry, it will not be just clicking on the web, but rather encouraging creative educational, artistic and physical games 🙂
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
On Sunday, May 31 at 11.00, POLIN opens the gates to the virtual Extraordinary Land of King Matt. In the program:
* 11:00 start of the family knightly tournament in the Extraordinary Land of King Matt at www.dziendziecka.polin.pl
Knights and knights set off on a journey through Matthew’s land and perform tasks related to one of the four specializations – DIY and create, experiment and take part in quizzes and games, they also travel to the POLIN Museum. Thanks to them, they will learn what it means to be the king’s best knight. By completing the tasks, players receive rewards, badges and fragments to decorate the castle, which they will be able to build for their hero at the end of the game.
* 11:00 start of royal family culinary workshops for the Deaf. Registration by e-mail: [email protected]. The event was translated into Polish Sign Language.
* 14:00 Radio POLIN – reading aloud “How hard to be king” by famous people http://s3.slotex.pl:7204/stream/1/
* 15:00 New Theater performance “Peter Pan” translated into Polish Sign Language. Available on polin.pl and FB of our group.
– 4:00 pm Radio POLIN – What do children need books for? (for parents and guardians) http://s3.slotex.pl:7204/stream/1/
– 18:00 Radio POLIN – King Matt’s concert http://s3.slotex.pl:7204/stream/1/
– 20:00 Radio POLIN Maria Ciesielska “Civicity – how to develop it? From the educational experiences of Janusz Korczak “http://s3.slotex.pl:7204/stream/1/
More info: www.dziendziecka.polin.pl, www.polin.pl
The Royal Łazienki Museum
The only non-virtual option in this list, i.e. an invitation to participate in the family field game “Wytrop Kropki!” in Łazienki Królewskie (of course, in compliance with all safety rules). It is enough to print the instructions available on the Łazienki website and go to the park in search of ten blue dots and the objects and stories hidden around them. “The dots in the park are hidden, they left a few clues. Are they low or high? Exercise your eye! ”. It is a real treat for all seekers of secrets and “treasures”, as well as for lovers of charades and puzzles. The game “Track the dots!” was inspired by the interactive version of the book “Museum of Delights. A painting guide to the Royal Łazienki ”.
When? May 29 – June 1, 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.
More info: https://www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl/pl/edukacja/rodzin-i-dzieci/dzialania-strawyne/dzialania-stialny-zystrop-kropki
Mazowiecki Institute of Culture
“Children get bored at lockdown. It’s a well-known thing. Boredom is never asymptomatic, and the best cure for it is having a good time and no virus will prevent us from doing it, ”we read on the website of the Mazowieckie Institute of Culture, which invites you to play with culture together. In the program:
May 30, Saturday 18.00 – “Kotostrofy”, or stanzas about cats – meeting with the writer Agnieszka Frączek, her animals and books.
Sunday, May 31, at 10.00 – Concert of the Jakowicz and Tabęcki family “In the land of animals”
Monday, June 1 at 10.00 – Online illustration workshops with Magdalena Car. Can you draw with Lego bricks? 6.00 pm – “Stories for a good night” evening.
More info: www.mik.waw.pl, facebook.com/mazowieckiinstytutkultury
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
Zachęta prepared an online family workshop around the exhibition “Two plays are better than one”:
May 29 – Artists activists! Female activists! Is it possible to change the course of the river? How to keep a nature reserve? Can you do it with art? Cecylia Malik has been showing the world for years how to fight for nature, which is extremely close to her. Its actions attract thousands of people who disguise themselves as river ghosts, walk around the city in butterfly’s cardboard wings, and swim down the Vistula on a barge. We will learn how we can express ourselves to change what hurts us; how to make our voice heard. Beautifully heard. During the workshop, we will jointly determine a topic that is important to the participants. We will look for a form for a happening that will allow us to speak and appear in an upbuilding and positive way. We will learn how to use art as a tool of expression, action and change. The classes will also be an opportunity to view the exhibition together in a virtual form.
May 30 – Sea monsters in isolation. The workshops are inspired by the work of Monika Drożyńska and her son Tymon Słapak presented at the exhibition for children Two plays are better than one. When Tymon was sick and spent long hours at home, he started drawing Creatures with his mother. When in a similar situation, we will use the idea of the artist and her son and draw a fantastic, alternative world where there will be room for well-known animals, as well as beasts or monsters from our imaginations. Like Tymon, we will use old illustrations of animals, bestiaries and herbariums. The classes will also be an opportunity to view the exhibition together in a virtual form.
May 31 – Paper sculpture park. The sculptures have been made of various materials for centuries: wood, metal, clay, stone. However, to create them, you need professional tools and a huge workshop. We, based on the fantastic sculptural forms of Kinga Nowak and Tytus, will make our dream shapes out of paper and create an amazing sculpture park from them! We will also try to imagine how they could work in the space we invented. The classes will also be an opportunity to see the exhibition together in a virtual form.
More info: www.zacheta.art.pl
Syrena Theater
Syrena invites you to Children’s Weekend with the Syrena Theater Are children’s poems and songs boring? Oh no. During the “Children’s Weekend” with the Syrena Theater, we will learn what a lazy person does and why it grinds its body with its tail, we will also learn how to bake “the easiest cake in the world”. We invite you to unusual premieres in the social channels of the Syrena Theater:
- May 30 – music video for the poem “Leń” by Jan Brzechwa (raps Albert Osik)
- May 31 – video clip for the poem “Why my body grinds my body” by Wanda Chotomska (animations and interpretation by Agnieszka Rosik)
- June 1 at 10.00 – music video for the song “Cake” from the performance of Dzieci z Bullerbyn.
Służewski Dom Kultury
On June 1, SDK invites you to Children’s Day online!
at 17.00 – “Travels with stuffed animals” – for toddlers aged 2-3 years, their siblings and all “relatives and friends of the rabbit”. It will be a special Christmas edition with numerous surprises. (hosted by Kamila Celińska) / online /
at 6.15 pm – “Masha and the Bear” – live reading of a fairy tale by actors. The fairy tale tells the story of a little girl Masha and a former well-deserved circus bear who experience amazing adventures together. Age: 3 – 7 years old. After the fairy tale, conversation with actors. A competition for children with prizes. / online /
at 19.15 – “1, 2, 3 … the adventure of a lifetime!” – settlement of the photo competition – Competition of the “Will Be Well” / online /
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U-jazdowski
During the online upcycling workshop “ Art? Naturally! ”the topic of ecology will be taken up. We will meet artists and activists for whom this topic is important. We will look at their artistic practices. We will also look at rubbish and waste and consider what can be made of it. Amazing upcycling objects will be built.
Preparation and moderation: Ola Rajska, Zespół EDU
When: May 30, 2020
More info: https://u-jazdowski.pl
Museum of Warsaw
On the occasion of Children’s Day, the Museum of Warsaw is launching the Civic Education program to give children a sense of agency and knowledge of what they can influence and how.
More info: https://muzeumwarszawy.pl/edukacja-online/edukacja-obywatelska/
Baj Theater
The Baj Theater invites you to the performance “Me, Baby and the Sea” dir. Mark Zákostelecký, which you can see in your homes this weekend and, of course, on Children’s Day. If you miss summer, travel and holiday adventures, you must see a fairy-tale show.
The performance will be available to viewers free of charge on the Baj Theater website on three dates:
On May 30th, 10: 00-12: 00,
May 31 from 10: 00-12: 00,
On June 1, 10: 00-12: 00.
Direct link to the show: https://bit.ly/baj-maluch-online
Nowy Teatr
Nowy Teatr invites all children to online events: two children’s performances – Indians, dir. Justyna Sobczak and “Peter Pan” dir. Łukasz Kos (in cooperation with the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews). There will also be poster workshops with Małgorzata Wrzosek, and Andrzej Chyra will read “Marvin” by Marta Guśniowska.
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/982326088831927/
Żelazowa Wola
The Museum in Żelazowa Wola offers a number of online attractions for the Children’s Day, including: educational concerts dedicated to children with selected dance miniatures of Chopin and a commentary to the songs, reading excerpts from the latest NIFC children’s publication dedicated to Fryderyk in Żelazowa Wola, a virtual walk around park with traces of sculptures, monuments and the oldest trees. Films and educational materials will be available on Sunday, May 31, 2020 on the YouTube channel and Facebook of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute and the Fryderyk Chopin Birthplace in Żelazowa Wola.
More info: https://muzeum.nifc.pl/pl/muzeum/aktualnosci/1268
Joanna Barczuk