Projects news

Last Friday (26th November), the 1st Polish-Russian Festival ‘Magic of the North’ took place. Among many invited guests, there were: Mr Sergey Semenov, Consul General of the Russian Federation in Poland and Mr Leszek Buller, Director of the Center for European Projects. The meeting was also attended by Mr Alexander Kitaev, Head of Administration of the Gusev Municipal District, who took part in the event online

On Wednesday, (24th November, 2021) the grand opening of the warehouse building with its museum collection took place in Olsztynek. Among the invited guests there were: representatives of the Managing Authority and the Joint Technical Secretariat of the Poland-Russia CBC Programme 2014-2020, local and regional government and museologists. During the event, the ribbon cutting ceremony was held. Moreover, a foundation act (document containing all information about the object) was signed and submitted to a copper. The ceremony was graced with a concert of the Babsztyl band. At the end of the event, there was a tour around the warehouse, during which the guests were presented with modern shelving systems for storing museum items

The former Prussian land may be discovered by following marked trails. You can also get familiar with them virtually thanks to the interactive map, which was created as part of the project ‘Tourism beyond the boundaries – tourism routes of the cross-border regions of Russia and North-East Poland’

On the 5th of November (Friday) at 6 p.m. the Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg will hold a unique double opening of new exhibitions. After a long break, in a refreshed setting and on a slightly limited area, the exhibition “Testimonies. History in faces – faces of history” will have its comeback. It will also be the first chance to see an exhibition titled “ City of new people. Elbląg in the first post-war decade 1945 – 1955” being a chronological follow-up to “Testimonies”

We would like to invite you to the Festival of History and Culture of Medieval Prussia: the Prussians from Sędyty Village. It is organised by Pruthenia Scientific Society together with the Municipal Office of Olsztyn within the common project entitled „The Baltic Odyssey: Creating a Common Historical and Cultural Space”, which is implemented within the Poland-Russia Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020

Thanks to the interview conducted by tesim we can discover the story of two legendary ships – the Russian "Vityaz" and the Polish "Sołdek", renovated within the Poland-Russia Programme 2014-2020. Ms Larisa Zubina, Deputy Director General for Science of the Museum of the World Ocean, the lead beneficiary of the project "2 Ships – Common Sea. Soldek & Vityaz: Maritime Heritage of Poland and Russia" is explaining how to preserve and promote this unique maritime heritage.

We would like to encourage you to download the new version of the application "Trails of Gothic Castles", which was created as a part of the project "Tourism beyond the boundaries – tourism routes of the cross-border regions of Russia and North-East Poland" implemented within the Poland-Russia CBC Programme 2014-2020

Project is carried out by the municipal autonomus cultural institution “The Kaliningrad Zoo” and the Folk Architecture Museum – Ethnographic Park in Olsztynek

Project "2 Ships – Common Sea. Soldek and Vityaz: Maritime Heritage of Poland and Russia” is implemented within the Poland-Russia Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 by three partners: Museum of the World Ocean in Kaliningrad (Lead Beneficiary), National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk and the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad

Project partners set themselves the goal of increasing the living standard of the inhabitants and economic development of the region based on the use of the potential of historical and natural heritage in the field of tourism. The project is directed to the tourists visiting Giżycko and Sovetsk as well as to the local population who will find new jobs in tourism sector.