Europa Nostra Heritage Hub for Central and Eastern Europe in Kraków is a regional centre of Europa Nostra, a pan-European federation of organisations involved in the protection, management, and promotion of cultural and natural heritage in 40 European countries.
As a platform, we strengthen the voice of NGOs from Central and Eastern Europe in shaping European heritage policy.
We facilitate cooperation between civic organisations and heritage institutions in the region.
We increase the visibility of activities supporting heritage in the region.
Elżbieta Szumska, the owner of the Gold Mine in Złoty Stok (Poland), received a commemorative plaque accompanying the European Heritage Award | Europa Nostra Award for 2022 in the category of Masters of Heritage.
read moreVoting is now open for the Public Choice Award at the European Heritage Awards | Europa Nostra Awards 2023, the EU prize for cultural heritage funded by the Creative Europe programme! This year, 6 projects from Central and Eastern Europe were awarded in three categories.
read moreThe head of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków, Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska, was appointed to the Working Group for the Intangible Heritage of Kraków. The group was inaugurated on December 15, 2023, by the Mayor of Kraków, Professor Jacek Majchrowski.
read moreEuropa Nostra Heritage Hub for Central and Eastern Europe in Krakow was among the experts and organizations invited to participate in the work of the European Commission expert sub-group on safeguarding cultural heritage in Ukraine. Kraków Heritage Hub is represented by Professor Jacek Purchla, vice-president of Europa Nostra.
read moreOn the occasion of its 60th anniversary Europa Nostra produced a series of podcasts presenting its history, current projects and plans for the future. In this podcast, we peer into the future, outlining priorities for both Europa Nostra and the broader heritage sector in the coming years.
read moreOn December 13, 2023, we inaugurated regular meetings of Kraków heritage organisations from the non-governmental sector. Their goal is to get to know each other, network, discuss topics important for civic organisations and joint projects. Thirty-three representatives from twenty-four organisations took part in the first meeting.
read moreDid you know that Europa Nostra was created exactly 60 years ago? At this occasion Europa Nostra produced a series of podcasts presenting its history, current projects and plans for the future.
read moreListen to the next episode of our ‘Holistic Heritage’ series. In this episode, we meet Professor Andrzej Betlej, Director of the Wawel Royal Castle. He discusses the behind-the-scenes preparations of a blockbuster exhibition ‘Image of the Golden Age’.
read moreEuropa Nostra and ALIPH Foundation have strengthened their cooperation to contribute to the protection of cultural heritage in EU neighbouring countries, in the frame of the European Heritage Hub project.
read moreConversation with Lesia Voroniuk, creator of World Vyshyvanka Day, about vyshyvankas – traditional Ukrainian embroidery – as a weapon and a talisman read from the contemporary perspective of war, struggle and seeking refuge. The conversation will be followed by a panel discussion which will put vyshyvankas in a broader artistic, anthropological and social context.
read moreDid you know that Europa Nostra was created exactly 60 years ago? At this occasion Europa Nostra produced a series of podcasts presenting its history, current projects and plans for the future.
read moreThe head of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Krakow, Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska, became a member of the Social Committee for the Restoration of Krakow Monuments [Społeczny Komitet Odnowy Zabytków Krakowa, SKOZK]. On November 24, 2023, she received the act of appointment from the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda.
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