THE MANY FACES OF WATER IN THE CULTURES OF ASIA AND OCEANIA
27.11.2025 - 31.05.2026
The exhibition presents various dimensions and functions of water from the perspective of cultures of Asia and Oceania, but at the same time, it emphasises that its symbolic meaning is universal and goes far beyond the mentioned regions.
The exhibition aims to encourage reflection on the universal significance of water in several areas of various cultures from all over the world. Equally universal are the problems related to dwindling water resources and water contamination – these affect the entire humanity, regardless of the geographical region we inhabit. Today, in the era of climate change, the protection of water resources is becoming extremely important for both the future of humanity and ecological balance.
The exhibition is open from 27 November 2025 to 31 May 2026.
The Andrzej Wawrzyniak Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw
24 Solec St., 00-403 Wa
Tickets / opening hours
The exhibition is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission to the exhibition is included in the museum ticket price: standard – PLN 20, reduced – PLN 12.
Tickets are available at the museum ticket office and online.
Admission is free every Thursday.
Curators: drka Barbara Banasik, drka Magdalena Ginter-Frołow, Joanna Karmasz, Karolina Krzywicka, Tomasz Madej, dr Krzysztof Morawski, drka Maria Szymańska-Ilnata
Educational and interactive elements: Tomasz Madej
Advisors: dr Artur Fonżychowski (Narodowe Muzeum Morskie / National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk), Dominika Kossowska-Janik (MAiP), Marta Utratna-Żukowska (SGGW / Warsaw University of Life Sciences), Izabella Wichniarz (MAiP), dr Rafał Wieczorek (Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Warszawski / (Institute of Biochemistry, University of Warsaw), dr inż. Michał Wasilewicz (SGGW / Warsaw University of Life Sciences)
Exhibition coordinator: Zofia Modzelewska
Exhibition design: nowy motyw: dr Adam Orlewicz, Agata Rościszewska, Daniel Stelmach
Visual identification: Barbara Bugalska
Production and installation: Artmontage, Marek Czeremuszkin, Maciej Gacyk, Bogusława Milczarczyk, Paweł Prange, Krzysztof Ruść, Folland
Conservation: Agnieszka Kalbarczyk, Ewa Soszko-Dziwisińska, dr Jacek Tomaszewski, dr Aleksandra Trochimowicz
Text editing and proofreading (Polish): Monika Mielcarek, red-kor
Translation (English): Aleksandra Szymczyk
Worksheets design: Paulina Radoń
Voice-over for fairy tale: Dominika Sell-Kukułka
Animation: Olga Przytuła
Film editing (‘Ecology’ section): Tomasz Madej
Accessibility coordinator: Jagoda Cerkiewnik
Voice-over for audio description: Dawid Pabich
ETR texts: Aleksandra Sztajerwald
PR and communication: Adam Błonowski, Antonina Dukowicz, Justyna Jabłońska, Radosław Rasiński
The Asia and Pacific Museum Team:
Syaiful Bahri, Halina Boroń, Łukasz Brodowicz, Aleksandra Ćwikła, Rafał Gorczyca, Beata Gutowska, Zuzanna Jakóbowska, Weronika Kaniewska, Dominika Kossowska-Janik, Anna Kowalewska, Joanna Kuc, Marta Kurek, Marzena Mazek, Weronika Mrozek, Paulina Niemirska, Gabriela Ogrodnik, Edyta Ołdak, Dorota Pasek, Beata Paszkiewicz, Paulina Pikulska, Krzysztof Socik, Anna Soczewka, Patryk Strojny, Łukasz Szmaja, Małgorzata Zakrzewska, dr Józef Zalewski.