9th PIASA Conference on Polish Studies

At the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America (PIASA) Midwestern Conference on December 2, 1942, the Archives and Museum of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (PRCUA) – now the Polish Museum of America (PMA), hosted a closed session for the Commission for Research on Polish Immigration.

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Tadeusz Kosciuszko’s Name’s Day

Tadeusz Kosciuszko’s Name’s Day - Imieniny - at the Polish Museum of America sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation. Congratulations to this year’s honoree, President of the Polish Museum of America Richard Owsiany.

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Presidents Day 2022

On this day February 21, we celebrate our American President's Day. Congress est. it originally in 1885 to honor our first President, George Washington.

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Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Trailing Kościuszko in America | Ślady Kościuszki w Ameryce

The influx of Polish immigrants and exiles gives birth to a frenzy of statue building and dedicating in cities with large Polish populations. In total there are eight statues built from 1904 through 1927.

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Kosciuszko Bicentennial at the PMA

The Polish Museum of America held the opening reception for the Kosciuszko Bicentennial

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Legends

An Inherit Chicago Festival event: Ignacio Zaragoza. Friedrich von Steuben. Tadeusz Kosciuszko.

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