Establishment of the Museum of Wilamovian Culture in Wilamowice - Construction of Museum of Wilamovian Culture building

About this project

<p>The main activities planned for implementation under the project include:</p> <p>1.Construction of Museum of Wilamovian Culture building in Wilamowice. The project refers to traditional buildings&nbsp;at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.</p> <p>2. Cultural and educational offer.The project provides for the implementation of a number of activities related to the cultural and educational offer initiated during the implementation of the project. It is planned a series of soft activities including workshops, exhibitions, training and events.</p> <p>3. Trainings.</p> <p>4. Project management.</p> <p>5. Promotion of the project.</p> <p>6. Purchase of equipment for conducting cultural activities and protecting cultural heritage.&nbsp;</p> <p>All expenses planned to be incurred under the project are eligible.<br> &nbsp;</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

The project aimed to establish the Vilamovian Culture Museum in Wilamowice. The newly created organization aims not only to present collections related to the endangered ethnic minority of the Vilamovians – descendants of settlers who arrived from Western Europe in the 13th century – but, most importantly, to serve as a center for the revitalization of the dying Vilamovian culture and language – Wymysiöeryś, which is considered critically endangered. The museum has become one of the more modern institutions implementing strategies for the revitalization of cultural heritage and supporting their distinct identity. Thanks to the implementation of the project, it was possible not only to create the infrastructure needed for the proper protection of the cultural heritage of the ethnic minority of the Vilamovians. Through partnership cooperation, a specific profile of its activities was developed based on the mutual experiences of the partners in the field of revitalizing endangered cultures. It was possible to strengthen and stabilize the cooperation between the applicant and the NGO, and further solidified collaboration, thanks to the project, will be strategic for the protection of Vilamovian culture. The partnership between the partners has significantly evolved since the end of the project, as cooperation between them continues to tighten, and they are involved in various research projects supervised by the University of Warsaw, workshops, and training sessions. The museum created through the project has become a member of an international consortium aimed at developing a strategy for the protection of cultural diversity through the involvement of economics in the protection of intangible heritage.

Project partners

• University of Oslo, Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies Donor project partner· Norway
• "Wilamowianie" - Association for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Wilamowice Town Project partner· Poland