Immersive history lessons in the new technology zone: state-of-the-art gaming capsules, VR goggles, mobile cases with immersive historical education, a tour of Pavilion X of the former Mokotów prison, a tour of the historic basement of the former NKVD and Security Services prison on Strzelecka Street in Warsaw, film screenings, educational zones thematically related to the 80. Anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino, learning about the techniques of the conservation of archival documents, demonstrations by re-enactors, exhibitions, educational workshops, lectures, visits to archives, presentations of collections acquired as part of the project Archive Full of Memory, games, historical competitions, educational stands - these are just some of the attractions that the Institute of National Remembrance has prepared this year as part of the Night of Museums. We invite you to our branches and sub-branches throughout Poland on 17 and 18 May.
The New Technology Zone in the Central History Point offers a lot of attractions. You will learn about all the projects and experience effective and engaging learning thanks to the use of modern technologies. What exactly are we talking about? We are talking about making the most of the potential of immersive historical education and learning about educational games and applications so that you can have the most fun and learn as effectively as possible.
Meeting the needs of history fans, the IPN head Karol Nawrocki established the New Technology Division, tasked with implementing solutions that will deliver historical content in new digital formats. We acquire and develop technologies that make it easier for historians to learn about and interpret recent history. We implement powerful IT tools, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems to better understand history and its contemporary audiences. We conduct a digital transformation of the resources of the Institute of National Remembrance and create materials available on mobile devices, and PCs, as well as in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). We want to arouse curiosity about Polish history through modern technology.
By visiting the Memorial Chamber located on Strzelecka Street, you will find out what happened there, and why it is important to preserve the memory of people who suffered and died in that nondescript tenement house during the first years of the communist rule in Poland. Today, the museum established in it stands for hundreds of similar buildings whose walls witnessed the enforcement of an unwanted system, and the installation of a regime that needed terror to break resistance.