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In this episode of the podcast “Ukraine Heritage Spotlight,” we visit Lviv, home to the Jam Factory Art Center, new multidisciplinary art center. John Beauchamp, a radio journalist and sound producer, and Katarzyna Jagodzińska PhD, head of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Krakow, meet with Bozhena Pelenska, the Executive Director of Jam Factory.

We’re in the centre of Lviv to visit UA Comix – a comic book store, as you might have guessed from the name. But it’s so much more than that. W rzeczywistości bowiem znajdujące się tam komiksy są bronią w walce i istotnym wsparciem ukraińskiego wysiłku wojennego przeciwko rosyjskiemu najeźdźcy.

On 19 June, the Kraków Heritage Forum met for the last time before the summer break. Over 40 representatives from Kraków’s NGOs, informal groups, institutions, and the City Council gathered at the Guild of Food Crafts to continue their work on protecting and promoting Kraków’s culinary heritage by developing a set of recommendations for the city authorities and the Provincial Marshal’s Office.

The European Heritage Hub, a pilot project co-funded by the EU connecting heritage stakeholders across Europe, has selected 14 heritage projects across 11 EU neighbouring countries for its Small Grants Scheme

The European Heritage Hub pilot project has launched a Social Forum designed for heritage professionals and enthusiasts. This online community offers a dedicated space for users to connect with peers, expand their networks, and collaborate on topics central to culture and cultural heritage

December 2022 marked the reopening of the Slovak National Gallery after major reconstruction. Our guide to the newly opened building is Alexandra Kusá PhD, its general director and a specialist in 20th century art.

“Redefining heritage” – listen to the next episode of the “Holistic Heritage” series. In this episode, we speak to one of European heritage’s most revered practitioners, Professor Jacek Purchla.

One of the most important activities in heritage research is not just looking at the past, but recording the present for future generations of citizens and scholars. This is exactly what Dr Iryna Sklokina is doing from the Center for Urban History in Lviv. One of the centre’s projects is „Un-archiving Post-industry”, which digitally preserves endangered industrial heritage collections in Ukraine’s East.

All of this year’s Polish laureates are connected with Silesia: Historic Ignacy Mine, Rybnik (Category: Conservation and Adaptation), Serfenta Craft Revitalization Model, Cieszyn (Category: Education, Training, and Skills), Piotr Gerber PhD, Wrocław (Heritage Champions category).

The 9th of May is a day of “peace and unity in Europe”. We encourage you to celebrate it by joining the Ode to Joy Challenge  which was initiated by Europa Nostra six years ago and reinterpreting the European anthem.

The number of cultural heritage sites in Ukraine is huge, yet with local municipalities struggling to finance the upkeep of buildings, monuments and other treasures, new ways of financing have had to be found. That is where Spadshchyna.UA – which means ‘heritage’ in Ukrainian – comes into play. Listen to Hanna Havryliv who runs the NGO Spadshchyna.UA.

On April 17, 2024, Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute announced the list of the 7 Most Endangered monuments and heritage sites in Europe for 2024. This programme is one of Europe’s leading civil society campaigns to safeguard endangered heritage.