Poland's first and arguably most eminent music label, Syrena Rekord, had its premises here from its early years up until 1939.

The company was established in 1904 by Juliusz Feigenbaum, an industrialist from Warsaw. It was the first record production company in Poland, and the fourth worldwide!

Taking on the name Syrena in 1908, the company went on to become the main driving force of the Polish music scene during the Polish Second Republic in the inter-war period.

Further reading on Culture.pl:

• Mieczysław Fogg Biography on Culture.pl
• Polish Tangos: The Unique Inter-War Soundtrack to Poland's Independence
• Biography of Henryk Wars
• The Rise & Fall of Polish Song
• Biography of Adam Aston
• Biography of Eugeniusz Bodo

With thanks to:

• Alicja Baczyńska, your audio guide, for help with acoustic mapping throughout the Unseen project.