New exhibition celebrates 100 years of city’s Polish community

CULTURE: The exhibition at the Streetlife Museum

By Simon Bristow, Co-Editor

A new exhibition celebrating over 100 years of the Polish community in Hull has opened at the Streetlife Museum.  

Cześć Hull, To My!/Hi Hull, It’s Us! explores Polish traditions, food, dress, and lifestyle that enrich Hull’s cultural landscape and highlights some of the local legends with Polish heritage.  

Hull Museums have worked with pupils from The Irena Sendler Polish School, and St Mary’s Polish School, as well as a Consulate of the Republic of Poland, in Beverley, and its Branch for Scientific and Educational Cooperation, in Hull (on the university campus), University of Hull students and the local Polish community. 

Joanna Radecka, headteacher at Irena Sendler Polish School, said: “The local Polish community feels honoured to be acknowledged and sees this exhibition as a great opportunity to share our culture and efforts with the residents of Hull.” 

Frances Hodson, community curator of social history, said: “It has been a privilege to work with such an enthusiastic, amazing community with a rich culture, both here in Hull and in Poland, and share it with all our audiences at Hull Museums.”

The free exhibition is presented in both English and Polish and is be on display until Sunday, June 29.  

The museum is open from 10am to 4.30pm, Monday to Saturday, and from 11am to 4pm on Sundays. Find out more at www.StreetlifeMuseum.co.uk.