Starting today, on Krakowskie Przedmieście, we present an exhibition dedicated to Dr. Jan Żabiński, director of the Warsaw Zoo in the years 1929-1951, insurgent, graduate of the University of Warsaw, outstanding zoologist and doctor of philosophy.

Jan Franciszek Żabiński (1897-1974) actively participated in both world wars, took part in the Warsaw Uprising. In the war history of Warsaw, Jan and his wife Antonina are remembered as heroes who, risking their own lives, sheltered approx. 300 people from the Warsaw ghetto in the zoo. They were awarded the medal “Righteous Among the Nations”, and posthumously the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

The exhibition entitled “JAN ŻABIŃSKI – GRADUATE, INSURGENT, SCIENTIST” was created in cooperation with Association of University Museums, PANDA Foundation, Museum of the University of Warsaw, Niepodległa, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

The exhibition will be available to 2 December 2024 in front of the Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 32.