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On July 17 at 7:00 PM, the Museum of Free Belarus will host the opening of the Fragmenty exhibition, followed by a solidarity concert on July 18 at 7:00 PM in the museum courtyard, featuring Belarusian bands and performers Zui, Kriwi, and Uladzimir Puhach. Both events mark the museum’s third anniversary — a space of memory that has been collecting and interpreting the history of Belarusian struggle through artifacts, art, and personal testimonies since 2022.
What began as an idea, the Museum of Free Belarus has in three years become an institution with a clear mission and social role, preserving and presenting what often remains invisible: personal belongings, documents, artistic gestures, materials from the streets, prisons, and life after 2020. The collection also includes items from other periods of Belarusian history, donated by patrons, cultural figures, collectors, and witnesses of events.
With over 250 artifacts, more than 100 cultural events annually, thousands of visitors, and dozens of partner initiatives, the museum functions not as a static institution, but as a living space evolving with the people.
Fragmenty. Collections of the Museum of Free Belarus 2020–2025 presents the most expressive and representative objects from the museum’s collection. These are personal and collective fragments that reveal resistance, repression, heroism, sacrifice, and hope.
Exhibits include: a rubber bullet that remained lodged in a protester’s body and was surgically removed; handmade objects created by political prisoners during incarceration; a smartphone broken in half belonging to a documentary filmmaker who was severely beaten; personal belongings of Raman Bandarenka; a protest coat adorned with ribbons; and a flag bearing the names of political prisoners, which continues to be updated.
The concert on July 18 will showcase contemporary Belarusian music. Zui blends indie-pop and electronic sounds with emotional expressiveness, while Kriwi combines authentic folk instruments with modern electronics and visual effects. The performance will feature a spectrum of modern Belarusian music — from folk experiments to indie rhythms. Uladzimir Puhach will present an acoustic set — open, emotional, and with the clear pulse of today.
The concert will take place in the cozy courtyard of the Museum, offering an opportunity to enjoy music, meet friends, and support those who continue to create.
The Museum of Free Belarus continues to grow together with people, for people, and among people — and this is just the beginning. These events are part of the project “Creative Presentation of the Museum of Free Belarus for the Artistic Community and Residents of Warsaw”, co-financed by the City of Warsaw and supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Warsaw and the charitable foundation Trzy Trąby.
Original article: budzma.org
