Upcoming Event: 100 Years of the Polish Community in Windsor
May 10, 2008 to Dec 20, 2008 - This exhibit looks at Windsor’s Polish community, who began immigrating to the City in the first decade of the twentieth century. The industrialization of Windsor further prompted Polish immigration here during the 1920s when Windsor became associated with the automotive industry.
While much of the current Polish population in Windsor came as beneficiaries from the fall of the Soviet-dominated Eastern Block, the first Polish pioneers settled with the same driving ambition as the French in the Detroit River region over two-hundred year earlier. The development of what has come to be known as Polonia Windsor can be credited to the individuals who worked toward establishing a community through linguistic and cultural preservation. For more information email wmuseum@city.windsor.on.ca or visit the website.
