On 3-4 July, a meeting of the Committee on Cultural Affairs of the Central Europe Initiative (CEI) Parliamentary Dimension (PD ) was held in Łańcut. The talks focused on the matters related to the protection and restoration of the cultural heritage damaged as a result of Russia’s aggression of Ukraine . The meeting brought together...
The rebuilding of Ukraine after the war is an essential task that requires extensive discussion and cooperation at the international level. The National Institute of Cultural Heritage has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the conference, the main objective of which is to create a platform for joint discussion on the numerous challenges...
Poland and Ukraine have signed a memorandum of cooperation on the inventory of war damage to cultural heritage and assets. In this field, activities will be implemented by the Polish Support Center for Culture in Ukraine, embedded in the National Institute of Cultural Heritage structures. Prof. Piotr Gliński – Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister...
The Russians once again shelled the town of Konstantinivka, including the local history museum located near the town. During the attack, the last exhibit that could not have been evacuated – a stone ‘baba’ (an anthropomorphic stone statue) – was machine-gunned. This unique monument is being prepared for evacuation, which is not an easy task....
How to create a comprehensive, reliable, objective digital inventory documentation of cultural property? How to properly use modern technology, which offers such extraordinary opportunities? With the help of which tools and how to take field measurements, how to process, archive, and present the field data? The answers to these and many other questions in the...
The year of operations of the Polish Support Center for Culture in Ukraine is about dozens of transports and hundreds of hours of work by experts on both sides of the border, and it is about institutions that received aid and were involved in organising and delivering it. It is also the identification of the...
A meeting for Heads of Diplomatic Missions in Poland was held at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle. Diplomats representing 50 countries watched the film ‘Erase the Nation’, directed by Tomasz Grzywaczewski, and visited the exhibition ‘Ukraine. Under a Different Sky’ presenting over two hundred works by Ukrainian artists in response to Russian aggression....
The report entitled ”Saving Ukraine’s culture” has been developed to summarise the activities conducted by the Support Center for Culture in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the Russian aggression, the National Institute of Cultural Heritage has been actively involved in the protection of cultural heritage in Ukraine. Pursuant to the decision of the Ministry of...
“Hello, Poland! (Applause.) One of our great allies. (…) in the mmoments of great upheaval and uncertainty, that knowing what you stand for is most important, and knowing who stands with you makes all the difference. The people of Poland know that. You know that. In fact, you know — you know it better than...
Almost a year ago, the Russian military launched a massive missile attack on the Ukrainian territory. According to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, during the 11 months of the war, the Russians destroyed or damaged 1,271 cultural sites in Ukraine. In order to strengthen the efforts to protect Ukraine’s cultural heritage...
