On April 3, 2025, an author’s meeting and promotion of two monographs devoted to 3D scanning of churches built in the USA by the Polish diaspora took place. The event was hosted by the Hieronim Łopaciński Provincial Public Library in Lublin and co-organized by the ECCC Foundation.
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The guests of Nowe Radio were: prof. Irena Rolska, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, prof. Marek Miłosz and prof. Jerzy Montusiewicz, Department of Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology. During the meeting, the results of the scientific expedition to the USA and publications with collections of digital collections of memory of the cultural heritage of Polonia were returned to, and an invitation was given to the Thursday presentation of the collections.
On April 3, 2025 (Thursday), at 5:00 p.m., there will be a promotion of two monographs devoted to 3D scanning of churches built in the USA by the Polish diaspora. The co-authors of the monographs are employees of the Department of Computer Science of the Lublin University of Technology and the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.
Irena Rolska and Jacek Kęsik, Archiving of Polish Churches in the USA. Lost, Endangered and Recovered Property. Case Studies, TNKUL 2024
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Jerzy Montusiewicz, Marek Miłosz, Jacek Kęsik, 3D Digitization of Cultural Heritage Objects of the Polish Diaspora in the USA – Documenting Appearance and Geometry, PTI 2024
The monographs received an honorary distinction from the Lublin Scientific Society in 2024
The event is organized by the Voivodeship Public Library named after Hieronim Łopaciński in Lublin and the ECCC Foundation
We cordially invite you
Venue: Voivodeship Public Library, Lublin, 4 G. Narutowicza str. (conference room, level -1), April 3, 2025, 5 p.m.
The Lublin Scientific Society awarded the prestigious Lublin Region Scientific Distinction (Sertum Scientiarum Lublinense) for 2024 to the interdisciplinary team consisting of:
for scientific monographs in Polish and English developed as part of the project. The following monographs were distinguished:
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Monograph “3D Digitization of Cultural Heritage Objects of the Polish Diaspora in the USA — Documenting Appearance and Geometry” by Jerzy Montusiewicz, Marek Miłosz, Jacek Kęsik // Polish Information Processing Society, ? 2024 in digital edition (ISBN 978-83-936692-6-4) is avaible here.
On July 22, 2024, an open-air exhibition: “3D digitization of Polish cultural heritage in the USA 2022-24” was opened at Plac Litewski (near the Europejski Hotel) in Lubin. The exhibition presents the work and achievements of the team implementing the project “Research on the national cultural heritage of the Polish diaspora in the USA and creation of digital memory collections”.
The exhibition will be available for 3 weeks.
More in media reports: here
On July 22, 2024, at Plac Litewski in Lublin, next to the Europa Hotel, at 6:00 p.m., the opening of the exhibition “3D Digitization of Polish Sacred Heritage in the USA 2022-2024” will take place.
You’re welcome
Exhibition folder available for download here.
Nowe Radio from Lublin conducted an interview with members of the 3rd expedition. You can listen to it here: https://www.facebook.com/noweradio2020/videos/3939953982893947/
On May 13, 2024, the third expedition to the USA has returned to Poland.
The third scientific expedition of the ECCC Foundation to the USA has begun, as part of the project “Research on the national cultural heritage of the Polish diaspora in the USA and the creation of digital memory collections”. The expedition will operate in rural areas of Wisconsin and Chicago (Illinois).
The expedition team:
Prof. Marek Miłosz (Lublin University of Technology); Prof. Jerzy Montusiewicz (Lublin University of Technology); Dr. Elżbieta Miłosz (Lublin University of Technology); Dr. Jacek Kęsik (Lublin University of Technology); Tomasz Rolski (Catholic University of Lublin) and Małgorzata Brzyska (ECCC Foundation).
More information about the results of the expedition after its completion.
