The aim of the program is to protect particularly valuable elements of Polish cultural heritage which remain outside Poland - monuments (historical buildings and structures, cemeteries, parks and gardens, places commemorating historical events or activities of outstanding personalities or institutions) and movable objects (works of art, craftsmanship and applied arts, memorabilia, elements of interior design, architectural details and decorations, tombs and other architectural features, such as wayside shrines or crosses).
The aim of the program is to protect particularly valuable elements of Polish cultural heritage which remain outside Poland - monuments (historical buildings and structures, cemeteries, parks and gardens, places commemorating historical events or activities of outstanding personalities or institutions) and movable objects (works of art, craftsmanship and applied arts, memorabilia, elements of interior design, architectural details and decorations, tombs and other architectural features, such as wayside shrines or crosses).
In order to preserve the remnants of Polish culture abroad, the Institute’s PROTECTION program also involves projects related to commemorating outstanding people and historic events influencing the course of Polish history. We provide our knowledge and assistance to institutions and organizations operating in the field of cultural heritage protection abroad and cultural establishments holding collections of works of art and historical objects, archives and libraries .
Projects implemented within the framework of the PROTECTION program involve:
- selecting objects for restoration,
- preparing comprehensive, professional documentation, including restoration, architectural, structural and other studies necessary for the proper assessment of the condition of the item and preparing the restoration,
- conducting restoration and repair projects, including protection, rescue, preventive and archaeological works.
The projects conducted within the program include:
- Berezhany (Ukraine) - restoration of the portal of the sacristy in St. Peter and Paul's Church
- Bishche (Ukraine) - restoration of the entrance portal of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church
- Berezdiwci (Ukraine) - rescue restoration of a statue of St. Peter
- Cendras (France) - restoration of paintings in the Benedictine church
- Lviv (Ukraine) - restoration of the Sykst family shrine
- Nemyriv (Ukraine) - restoration of a column and statue of Christ
- Zhovkva (Ukraine) - rescue restoration of St. Peter's sculpture
- Kutaisi (Georgia) - restoration of the tomb of Edward Rodziewicz
- Paris (France) – preventive protection of tombs
- Jaworiw (Ukraine) - restoration of two tombs
- Chicago (USA) - restoration of paintings by Polish artists
- Tywriw (Ukraine) – research on the painting of Our Lady of Tywriw
- Kremenets (Ukraine) - restoration of tombs in the Basilian cemetery
- Olyka (Ukraine) - renovation of the façade of the Holy Trinity Church
- Šalčininkėliai (Lithuania) – restoration of the organ
- Helsinki (Finland) - restoration of Polish graves
- Istanbul (Turkey) - Adam Mickiewicz Museum, restoration of the poet's tomb
- Lviv (Ukraine) - Latin Cathedral - repairing the organ and restoration of the organ case and balcony
- Padua (Italy) - Polish chapel in the papal St. Anthony Basilica
- Krāslava (Latvia) - St. Louis Church
- Lviv (Ukraine) - Lychakiv Cemetery
- Lviv (Ukraine) - Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Montmorency (France) - tombs of Bronisław Piłsudski and the Paderewski family
- Rudky (Ukraine) - the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
- Dubno (Ukraine) - St. John Nepomuk Church
- Lviv (Ukraine) - paintings at the Polish St. Mary Magdalene Secondary School
- Lviv (Ukraine) - frescoes in the Jesuit Church
- Tbilisi (Georgia) - Library of the Parliament of Georgia, paintings by Henryk Hryniewski
