Exhibiting hope : postwar Poland in new historical museums

The aim of this article is to analyze the narratives about hope present in new Polish historical museums. The authors refer to Rebecca Solnit’s book and make a distinction between "dispersed" and "petrified" hope. The subject of the analysis is the narratives about the People’s Republic of Poland presented in three museums: the European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk, the Dialogue Centre Upheavals in Szczecin and the Emigration Museum in Gdynia.