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What are the parrots whispering about? What do they eat for breakfast? Did they really accompany pirates? We told about these and other curiosities from the bird's world at the art workshops for children.

Exhibition  Plants and animals. Atlases of natural history in the age of Linnaeus  are a unique heritage of the era of great discoveries, scientific expeditions, the crystallization of modern zoology and botany research, but also a story about the relationship between man and nature and his relationship to the surrounding world.

As part of the Open Lectures Academy of Heritage - post-graduate studies we invite you to the presentation of a universal web application for guiding visitors using their own mobile devices, created as part of the Balticmuseums: Love IT! Project.

We received extremely sad news - Andrzej Janikowski passed away. Talented photographer, has been a friend of ours for many, many years. Always modest, always kind, always smiling, he was with us in the most important moments of the Center.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of its activity in 2016, the International Cultural Center organized the conference "Krakow and the World", the theme of which was the phenomenon of the city. In the multidimensional reflection on the issues of heritage, identity and civilization, undertaken by the ICC since the inauguration of its activity, the urban theme undoubtedly occupied a special place. On the one hand, the city is the lens in which the most pressing problems of modern times focus, on the other - the mirror of civilization, its achievements and memory. It is also a place where different identities and urban narratives clash.

Another meeting of the  Catch Distance  series took place on July 3rd, 2020. This time Dr hab. Maciej Czerwiński  told about the history and culture of Croatia, to which he devoted his latest book  Croatia. History, culture, ideas . This is another, 17th volume in the  Central Europe Library  series edited by prof. Jacek Purchla issued by the International Culture Center Publishing House.

We invite primary and secondary school teachers to enroll their classes for free lessons on cultural heritage online. Meetings with ICC educators at home is a way to better understand issues related to tangible and intangible heritage, multiculturalism, civil society and practical knowledge on how to use cultural resources online. All you need is Internet access.

[Версія українською - внизу сторінки]  We invite primary and secondary school teachers to enroll their classes for free lessons on cultural heritage online in Ukrainian language. Meetings with ICC educators at home is a way to better understand issues related to tangible and intangible heritage, multiculturalism, civil society and practical knowledge on how to use cultural resources online. All you need is Internet access.

Do fish sleep? What do they eat for breakfast? Do they really go with the flow? We'll talk about curiosities from the underwater world at the virtual art workshops for children.

Before the next issue of the "Herito" quarterly goes on sale, we encourage you to reach for the previous one which is dedicated to the discreet charm of socialist realism.

There are many butterfly species that can be seen at the exhibition  Plants and animals. Atlases of natural history in the age of Linnaeus  in the ICC Gallery at 25 Main Square. At the next LIVE workshop on the ICC Facebook profile, the educator Marcin Krotla will tell more about these beautiful insects.

As part of another virtual meeting from the  Catch a Distance  series, we invited you to an interview with the curator of the  Plants and Animals  exhibition and the designer of the accompanying album - Krzysztof Radoszek.

International Cultural Centre, as a member of the international ILUCIDARE project consortium, has the pleasure to announce six projects shortlisted for the prestigious ILUCIDARE Special Prizes 2020...

Established in the nineteenth century, natural history museums were to serve science and educate: catalog, describe, research and promote knowledge of the world of nature. Prior to the appearance of such facilities, these functions were fulfilled to a certain extent by private collections, including curiosity chambers established in Europe since the 16th century. It is them that we devoted the next lecture from the  Mature in the Ar t series, which was held virtually on the Zoom platform, and was led by Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk.