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http://www.jewishmuseum.org.pl/index.php?miId=2&lang=en The Project The Virtual Shtetl Portal is devoted to the local history of Jews. Although at the moment of its launch the Portal is primarily a source of information, its future is based on the interaction of web surfers using Web 2.0 technology. The medium created will constitute a bridge between the history of Polish Jewish towns and the contemporary, multicultural world. The Museum of the History of Polish Jews has been creating this modern tool at a time when the construction of the museum building is just beginning. The Virtual Shtetl is a museum without walls, a logical consequence of the initiative to build the Museum, providing a unique social forum for all those interested in Polish Jewish life. The Virtual Shtetl depicts the history of Polish Jews, which in great part was created in towns (Yiddish: shtetl). On the Portal one can find information pertaining to the past but also to the present; to little towns, but also to large cities. The Portal presents both contemporary and also pre-war Poland. The English version will enable Polish Jews and their descendants scattered all over the world to use the Virtual Shtetl Portal. A full picture of Polish-Jewish history and relations has been and will be presented thanks to the effort of many institutions, organizations and individuals. Due to the richness of the subject the list of initiatives to be taken up is unlimited. A source of precious information has been provided by the Polin Portal as well as the local community portal Jewish.org.pl. In the execution of the Virtual Shtetl Project the experience of the following Internet projects have been used: www.izrael.badacz.org and Diapozytyw (Adam Mickiewicz Institute) as well as many years of cooperation of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews with the Jewish Historical Institute. The Virtual Shtetl is not a place, but rather the community by which it is created. Let us take pictures and look for the relics of the past, let us listen to accounts. Let us exchange information and encourage one another to take up initiatives. Let us get to know one another and act.