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.
On December 15, 2023, the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Krakow was a space for discussion on the contemporary dimension of traditional Ukrainian embroidery – vyshyvanka- its special symbolism during the ongoing war with Russia. Dr Lesia Voroniuk, who is creating a vyshyvanka museum in Ukraine, came especially for the meeting from Chernivtsi.
read moreOn September 7, 2023, the spectacular conservation of the Veit Stoss Altarpiece in St. Mary’s Basilica in Krakow received the European Heritage Award | Europa Nostra Award 2023 – the most important European award in the field of cultural and natural heritage.
read moreThe Europa Nostra Heritage Hub for Central and Eastern Europe in Kraków, invites you to two online panel discussions, which will address key issues of current heritage international agenda, having the civil society – the soul of Europa Nostra activities – in their core. The live streaming will take place on Thursday, September 7 and will be available via our YouTube channel.
read moreThe premiere of the film and a conversation in the Play Krakow TV studio as part of the Play Culture series about the Conservation of the Wit Stwosz Altarpiece in St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków awarded this year’s European Heritage Award | Europa Nostra Award.
read moreICOM-ICME International Committee for Museums and Collections of Ethnography invites for ICME 2023 Annual Conference “Museums and Change: Transforming Our Institutions for the Future”, which has been organised in collaboration with the Néprajzi Múzeum – Museum of Ethnography in Budapest, from 03-07 December 2023. The Call for Papers is open until 15th of September.
read moreThe year 2023 marks the 45th anniversary of the inscription of the Historic Centre of Krakow on the UNESCO World Heritage List. To mark the occasion, the City of Krakow has launched the Krakow Heritage website, which comprehensively presents the city’s heritage phenomena and introduces the forms of its protection.
read moreIf you know of important heritage in Europe that is endangered, nominate it for the 2024 edition of the 7 Most Endangered programme. Submit a nomination by 15 September 2023.
read moreCultural heritage experts, professionals, practitioners, volunteers, public and private institutions, organizations, and local communities now have a new chance to win Europe’s most prestigious awards in the field!
read moreOn December 18, 2023, the team of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub visited Centre of Community Archives in Warsaw. The visit aimed to set directions for joint activities in the area of development of community archives.
read moreOn June 29, 2023, UNESCO Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit organised a debate devoted to the presentation of the results of the project “Supporting the resilience of Ukrainian school children through enhancing awareness of their living heritage”.
read moreElżbieta 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.
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