Agata Wąsowska-Pawlik, director of the ICC and prof. Jacek Purchla, the founder and director of our institution for many years, visited Bahrain at the special invitation of Sheikh Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, president of the Office of Culture and Monuments of Bahrain.

The exhibition “The Treasures of Kraków” recounts the tale of a city – the seat of Polish kings, former capital of the country, home to one of the oldest European universities and magnet for poets, writers and artists. It was one of the most important Central European metropolises of the Medieval era. For centuries a cosmopolitan, multicultural settlement, open to outside influences, it is also the most Polish of Polish cities. In 1978, Kraków became the first European urban ensemble to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List.