Historical Monuments' Preservation
Ochrona Zabytków
The National Center for Historical Monument Studies and Documentation has been established on 15th October 2002 by the Minister of Culture, incorporating the former: Center for Monument Documentation and Center for the Protection of Historical Landscape. The National Center for Historical Monument Studies and Documentation provides expertise and professional assistance to Heritage Protection Services in Poland. The Center's statute addresses the following issues: 1) Recognition, research and documentation of heritage; 2) Collecting of information on cultural environment, landscape and monuments; 3) Elaboration on theoretical rules for the preservation of cultural environment, landscape and monuments; 4) Collecting and facilitating access to information on museums and monuments; 5) Dissemination of knowledge on environment, landscape and monuments. The National Center for Historical Monument Studies and Documentation continues the activities of the former Center for Monument Documentation (operating 1962-2002) and Center for the Protection of Historical Landscape (1980-2002) - in new realities and in accordance with state needs and social requirements.
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