Małopolska Institute of Culture

The Małopolska Institute of Culture (Polish: Małopolski Instytut Kultury) is a regional cultural institution engaged in promoting and supporting the culture of Małopolska (Lesser Poland). 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.

Małopolska Institute of Culture
Małopolski Instytut Kultury
Established2002
LocationKraków, Poland
TypeCultural institute
DirectorJoanna Orlik
Websitemik.krakow.pl

The Institute organises events and initiatives to promote the culture of Małopolska both locally and abroad. One of them is Małopolska's Virtual Museums, a digitisation project in which over 700 artworks and objects from 35 small museums[1] were photographed and made available online.[2]

Małopolska Days of Cultural Heritage

The Institute runs numerous annual programs, such as the Małopolska Region Days in Brussels[3][4] and the Małopolska Days of Cultural Heritage, an event meant to promote the cultural diversity of Malopolska.[5][6] Each May, for two weekends the Institute organises a series of curated visits to ten cultural sites of special interest where educational activities and sightseeing take place. The selected heritage sites (churches, palaces, factories, private buildings)[6] are little known or normally out of bounds to the public (due to private ownership or other considerations)[7]

References
  1. MKiDN. "Digitalizacja -wersja testowa - Wirtualne Muzea Małopolski". digit.mkidn.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  2. "MOCAK now available on the Virtual Museums of Małopolska". en.mocak.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  3. "Małopolska Region Days Organisers". Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. "Malopolska days in Brussels". designseptember.be/. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  5. Gajewska, Edyta. "Małopolska Cultural Heritage Days". The Warsaw Voice online. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  6. Sanocka, Barbara; Zaucha, Tomasz; Małopolski Instytut Kultury (2007-01-01). X Małopolskie Dni Dziedzictwa Kulturowego: publikacja obejmująca dziesięć edycji Małopolskich Dni Dziedzictwa Kulturowego, odbywających się w latach 1999-2008 = this book documents the ten Małopolska Cultural Heritage Festivals held in the years 1999-2008. Kraków: Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Małopolskiego, Departament Kultury, Dziedzictwa Narodowego i Turystyki. ISBN 9788360538128. OCLC 297118959.
  7. "XIII Małopolskie Dni Dziedzictwa Kulturowego czas zacząć". Gazeta Krakowska. Retrieved 23 December 2014.


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