Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Bookworm heaven: Automatic 24hr book dispensers set to become 2022’s newest trend

First appearing in Łódź’s Manufaktura complex in the summer of 2020, the idea has since taken off rapidly with an increasing number of cities getting in on the act. Roman Zawistowski/PAP

First appearing in Łódź’s Manufaktura complex in the summer of 2020, the idea has since taken off rapidly with an increasing number of cities getting in on the act.

From a gold-winning triple-jumper dubbed the Silesian Kangaroo through to a gold-smuggling discuss thrower in WWII, a new mural pays homage to 100 years of sporting legends

The medley of household names include gold-winning pole-vaulter Władysław Kozakiewicz whose celebratory ‘up yours’ gesture towards the Russian crowd scandalized the 1980 Moscow Olympics and world-record discus thrower Halina Konopacka who during WWII squirrelled Poland’s gold reserve to France.

Blooming marvelous! Village’s traditional ‘flower carpets’ to be entered into UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

The news comes three years after the carpets in Spycimierz were inducted into Poland’s own list of cultural treasures, and 19-months after they were nominated for UNESCO recognition by the Ministry of Culture & National Heritage.

Government plans separate ministry of sport

The government has unveiled plans to re-establish a ministry of sport in a draft decree published on Monday, just a few months after the old ministry was abolished.

Facebook unblocks IPN page

Facebook has unblocked the English-language page of Poland's Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), a national organisation set up to investigate Nazi and communist crimes against the Polish people.

Facebook blocking IPN over WWII content demands strong reaction, warns Culture Ministry

The social media giant blocked the Institute of National Remembrance after it posted information about the Germanisation of Polish children during WWII.

Wood you believe it! Spectacular wooden churches lovingly restored to their former glory

The newly-renovated churches will now become part of the ‘Tourist Trail of Wooden Churches of Wielkopolska’.

Cops raid auction house where stolen artwork was set to be sold

The painting entitled “Jędruś” by Zygmunt Waliszewski was to be auctioned by the Warsaw art dealer after being stolen in 2002.

Culture ministry opens exhibition on late president in Solidarity

An exhibition, entitled 'Lech Kaczynski. A man of solidarity,' telling the story of the late president and his engagement in the trade union, was opened on Monday at the yard of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw.

'Miracle You've Never Heard Of' campaign comes to a close – ministry

The 'Miracle You've Never Heard Of' campaign about the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, involving two spots, three languages, five articles in the foreign press, sixty posts and dozens of influencers has ended, wrote the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage on Twitter.

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