The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre in Lublin is a local government cultural institution. It works towards the preservation of cultural heritage and education. Its function is tied to the symbolic and historical meaning of the Centre’s location in the Grodzka Gate, which used to divide Lublin into its respective Christian and Jewish quarters, as well as to Lublin as a meeting place of cultures, traditions and religions.

The Centre works to preserve objects of cultural heritage and makes them available to the public at exhibits at Grodzka Gate, the Lublin Underground Trail, the Cellar under Fortuna, and the House of Words.

The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre in Lublin is a local government cultural institution. It works towards the preservation of cultural heritage and education. Its function is tied to the symbolic and historical meaning of the Centre’s location in the Grodzka Gate, which used to divide Lublin into its respective Christian and Jewish quarters, as well as to Lublin as a meeting place of cultures, traditions and religions.

The Centre works to preserve objects of cultural heritage and makes them available to the public at exhibits at Grodzka Gate, the Lublin Underground Trail, the Cellar under Fortuna, and the House of Words.

NN Theatre

Maksim Pigida (Ukraine)

Maksim Pigida (Ukraine)

Volunteering periodDirect link for this paragraph

September 2021 - August 2022.

ActivitiesDirect link for this paragraph

  • Creating a 3D model of an old aircraft factory in Lublin.
  • Adding tags and locations to photos (churches, synagogues, Jewish houses/cemeteries, etc.).
  • Transcriptions of recordings for Oral History programme
  • Querying and scanning documents, newspapers, books in the State Archives in Lublin and editing images.
  • Participation in many different aid activities for refugees: in the Center's Information Point and in cooperation with other organisations: handling gift warehouses, translations, furnishing living quarters etc.
     

Below: Maksim at work in the National Archive in Lublin