01618nas a2200253   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001100043653001100054653001500065653001200080653002400092653001100116653001400127653001400141653002300155100003400178245010100212856015400313300001200467490000700479520085800486022002001344                                       d10aJewish10aPoland10aexhibition10aHistory10aintangible heritage10amuseum10anarrative10areception10atheatre of history1 aBarbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett00aInside the Museum: Curating between hope and despair: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84948131576&doi=10.1080%2f13501674.2015.1070636&partnerID=40&md5=bb10f99e6e26c3d42e50673c03ad2018  a215-2350 v453 aThe reception of the core exception of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which opened in Warsaw on 28 October 2014, is the focus of this essay. While eschewing a master narrative, the exhibition is guided by metahistorical principles and a distinctive approach to mode of narration. Both have proven controversial as evidenced by answers to the following questions. What is the difference between a history of Polish Jews and a history of Polish Jewish relations? What is the most important period in the history of Polish Jews? Can visitors be trusted to draw the proper conclusions from a multi-voiced narrative based largely on quotations from primary sources, supported with scholarly commentary? Is a museum whose core exhibition features relatively few original objects a museum? What is the role of intangible heritage in such a museum?  a13501674 (ISSN)