The Warsaw Fotoplastikon is a Polish adaptation of the Kaiserpanorama peepshow technology invented in the 1890s which was popular across Europe before the growth of motion picture theatres.

The Fotoplastikon has been operated at the 51 Jerusalem Avenue location since it opened, owned and run by a series of families more or less continuously since 1905, making it the oldest active in situ peepshow in Europe.

[2] Soon after World War II, in October 1946, it was opened by the Krempa (or Krępa) family, who ran the theatre until 1973.

[3] In September 2013 Fotoplastikon gained an additional room, next to its original site adjacent to the Hoserow courtyard.

The Fotoplastikon served as a popular rendezvous point for many years, valued for its entertainment as well as providing a discrete location for couples to meet.

[4] The Fotoplastikon served as an important setting in the 2013 graphic novel The Property by Israeli author and illustrator Rutu Modan.