The Potocki Palace is a large baroque palace in Warsaw, located at Krakowskie Przedmieście 15, directly opposite the Presidential Palace. It was originally built for the Denhoff family and in the late 18th century became the property of the Potocki family.
The Association of Polish Artists and Designers is an official association of professional artists in Poland, representing more than 4,500 learned artists working in the field of visual arts, including: painting, sculpture, graphic design, interior and set design, ceramics, fabric arts, as well as new media, and art restoration.
The Museum of Polish History or the Polish History Museum is a museum and national cultural institute in Warsaw, Poland. The purpose of the museum is to present the most important events in Polish history, with a particular emphasis on Polish traditions of freedom. Since September 2023, the new museum building has been located in the Warsaw Citadel.
The Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection is the residence museum and collection housed in the historic Wawel Castle of Kraków. The collection was inaugurated officially in 1930, with its current name introduced in 1994.
The Museum of the Second World War is a state cultural institution and museum established in 2008 in Gdańsk, Poland, which is devoted to the Second World War. Its exhibits opened in 2017.
The Małopolska Institute of Culture is a regional cultural institution engaged in promoting and supporting the culture of Małopolska. The institute was founded in 2002 and is located in Kraków. Its main focus is integrating diverse small regional cultural institutions - museums, archives or local cultural centres.
Lech Ordon was a Polish actor.
Maciej Szymon Cieśla was a Polish artist, graphics designer and visual communication designer. He was responsible for visual design of World Youth Day 2016.
The Decoration of Honor Meritorious for Polish Culture or Meritorious for Polish Culture, is a Polish departmental decoration in Arts awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland to persons and organizations for distinguished contributions to the Polish culture and heritage. This award was instituted on 11 August 1969.
Ewa Walawska is a Polish printmaker.
Jakub Radomir Kumoch is a Polish political scientist, journalist and diplomat, since 2023 serving ambassador to China. He previously served as the Head of the International Policy Bureau in the Chancellery of the President of Poland, and as the Polish ambassador to Turkey (2020–2021), as well as to Switzerland (2016–2020).
Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus is a Polish politician. She is a member of the Sejm for The Left political coalition. In December 2023 she was appointed a secretary of state in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Joanna Maria Pilecka is a Polish diplomat, serving as an ambassador to Portugal.
The Roman Dmowski and Ignacy Jan Paderewski Institute for the Legacy of Polish National Thought is a Polish educational and historical research institute. Announced to appear at a press conference on 3 February 2020, it was formally inaugurated by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Piotr Gliński, on 17 February that year.
Jan Maletka (1921-1942) was a Polish railway worker. On 20 August 1942 he was murdered by the Germans for providing water to Jews being transported to the Treblinka concentration camp. On 26 November 2021 a plaque commemorating him has been revealed in the village of Treblinka, which has sparked a controversy.
Ewa Barbara Michnik-Szynalska is a Polish conductor and artistic administrator. From 1995 until 2016 she was the chief director and artistic director for the Wroclaw Opera.
The Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw was an independent arts organization founded in Warsaw, then Kingdom of Poland, in 1860. Its main goal was to support and popularize Polish art through active acquisitions, providing help for young artists through scholarships, as well as publishing and organizing exhibitions and art competitions, among other activities. The society remained active until the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 and was officially shut down in 1942.The former building of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Małachowski Square in Warsaw currently houses the Zacheta National Gallery of Art, a major Central and Eastern European museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art.
Central Military Library (CBW) is the main library of Poland Ministry of National Defense located in Warsaw. In 2009, she was awarded the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture.
On December 19, 2023, Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in Poland, dismissed the then-current state media directors and their supervisory boards, most notably those of public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), appointing new ones in their place. The move was met with criticism and accusations of illegality by the dismissed management and the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, causing a parliamentary intervention in the TVP headquarters.
