Tales from Grodzisk: Helgunda and Walgierz Wdały — legend from the Tyniec hillfort

Educational meetings for children from 3 to 10 years old will be an opportunity to learn about the history, traditions and extraordinary heritage of Tyniec. Adults can also participate in the activities, so they become a space to discover, play and acquire knowledge together.

We want to show that learning can be a great adventure, and spending time together with your child can be an opportunity to learn new, fascinating stories. The meetings will take the form of fun, stories and sensory experiences that will stimulate the imagination and allow participants to better feel the atmosphere of old times.

Meeting hours
Children: 3-6 years with parent/guardian

10:00-10:45

Children: 7-10 years (guardian not required)

11:00-11:45

During the class, we will move into the past - to the times when life looked completely different, and there was no electricity yet. We will learn about the old customs, objects, ways of working and everyday life of the inhabitants of Tyniec. Thanks to this, children and adults will be able to discover together what the reality of our ancestors looked like.

The meetings also aim to build ties with the small homeland of Tyniec — learning about its history, traditions and unique character and reinforcing the sense that the place where we live can hide many extraordinary stories.

Do you know the story of the beautiful Helgunda and the brave Walgier Wdady? During this meeting we will move to the times when Tyniec looked completely different, and in the stronghold you could meet warriors, princes and beautiful princesses.

We will listen to one of the most famous Tynecy legends, get to know its heroes and try to discover together what happened centuries ago. We will use our imagination, play the heroes of the story and perform tasks inspired by the legend.

It will be a journey through time, during which we will see that Tyniec has his own extraordinary stories and heroes!

Blanka Błaszczak-Rozenbaum — cultural anthropologist, ethnographer, trainer of global education at the Association of Activities for Peace Salam Lab, where she holds the position of Education Specialist. Museum educator at the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow and at the Museum of Photography in Krakow. Author of many art workshops for children and young people on history and culture. The originator and author of the scripts of the workshops in the series “Multicultural Wawel”, which creatively combined the story of the phenomena of the modern world with the historical heritage of the Wawel Royal Castle and the series of classes “Is it critical ethically?” in the Museum of the Palace of King John III for high school youth. Co-creator of the detective game “Heir”, created as part of the program Minorities, migrations, unity. Workshops on multicultural Poland and the history of the Ukrainian minority in the context of Polish history. Researcher of migration and national minorities, with a special focus on Ukrainian communities in Poland. Scholarship holder of two research projects: the project “Ukrainian Diaspora in Poland: Minority Heritage and Migration Processes”, funded by POB Heritage as part of the Jagiellonian University Excellence Initiative and the project “Diasporo-forming processes on the example of Ukrainian communities in Poland. Anthropological study”, OPUS NCN, 2020/39/B/HS6/03095. Co-author of the article “Heritage in Diaspora-Forming Processes: Encounters of Local Ukrainians and Migrants from Ukraine in Poland” published in the “Journal of International Migration and Integration” (June 2023).

Group of children from 3 to 6 years old:
Child: PLN 30 + 1 parent free of charge (parent must attend the meeting)

Group of children from 7 to 10 years old:
Child: PLN 30 (parent's presence is not mandatory)

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