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June 12, 2025
Europa Nostra Heritage Nagroda Nagrody Dziedzictwa Europejskiego

Winners announced of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2025!

The European Commission and Europa Nostra today announced the winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2025. Among the laureates are two representatives from Poland, two from Ukraine — including a joint Ukrainian-Lithuanian project — and one from Slovakia. Altogether, the “Cultural Heritage Oscars”, as these prestigious honours are often referred to, will be awarded this year to 30 organisations, institutions, and individuals from 24 countries.

May 30, 2025
Heritage Kraków

Magnum opus of Prof. Jacek Purchla now in bookstores!

There has never been a book quite like this before. Today an exceptional volume landed in bookstores, taking readers on a journey through times of great upheaval and renaissance of Polish local government. The latest book by Europa Nostra Vice-President, Prof. Jacek Purchla, entitled “Kraków 1990. At the Turn of the Epoch,” reveals the secrets of the city during the major transformation of the 1980s and 1990s.

May 12, 2025
Holistic Heritage Podcast Project

Participation and the Post-Museum

What exactly is a post-museum? How can museums – as custodians of knowledge – open up their collections and involve the public in their interaction? Or should they not do so at all? In the latest podcast in the Holistic Heritage series, John Beauchamp talks to Dr Katarzyna Jagodzinska about her latest book which explores the theme of participation and the concept of the ‘post-museum’. The setting for the discussion is the picturesque historic garden of the Royal Łazienki Museum in the heart of Warsaw.

May 11, 2025
Europa Nostra Europa Nostra Awards European Heritage Awards

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR THE EUROPEAN HERITAGE AWARDS / EUROPA NOSTRA AWARDS 2026!

Applications for the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards are open until 9 September 2025! Often referred to as the “Oscars of Cultural Heritage”, these prestigious awards are presented to organisations, institutions, and individuals who implement projects in the field of cultural and natural heritage, as well as those working to preserve, educate about, promote, and improve solutions within the heritage sector.

April 29, 2025
Holistic Heritage Podcast Project

Weave your happiness with Serfenta

“When the hands work, the mind rests,” highlights Łucja Cieślar, a team member of Serfenta Association. In the latest episode of the “Holistic Heritage” podcast, John Beauchamp and Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska discuss traditional basket weaving and the tranquillity it offers, as well as the relaxing “speech” of reeds and straw, with members of the Serfenta team: Paulina Adamska, Łucja Cieślar, and Urszula Szwed.

April 28, 2025
Heritage Kraków

“Participation and the Post-Museum” – the new book by the Hub’s Head Dr. Katarzyna Jagodzińska

The team at Kraków’s Europa Nostra Heritage Hub is not only engaged in heritage practice, but also in scholarly work. The Hub’s Head, Dr. Katarzyna Jagodzińska, has just published her new book in the prestigious British Routledge publishing house: ‘Participation and the Post-Museum’.

April 18, 2025
Heritage

HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS!

For Easter, we wish you much joy in practising intangible cultural heritage and enjoying the distinctive rituals, traditions, and customs of this period. More than 57 different practices and skills celebrated during this time in Poland have been added to the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage