The Polish Center is committed to providing learning resources and programming that mutually enrich the educational and cultural opportunities of the students of Elms College and a broad spectrum of the community throughout the United States interested in fostering an appreciation of the Polish culture and heritage. The Center aspires to offer a variety of workshops, exhibits of historical and cultural materials, concerts, conferences, seminars, films, plays, lectures and other events that focus on the history and cultural traditions of the Polish people in Europe and the United States.

The Polish Center assists individuals in locating essential information about the Polish people and provides support materials for local schools and other educational institutions. Learning resources of the Center are the core around which other activities revolve. The Center strives to preserve objects representative of the material culture of the Polish people in America.