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.
The monographs were created as a result of the implementation of the project: “Research on the national cultural heritage of the Polish diaspora in the USA and the creation of digital memory collections” (no. NdS/545613/2022/2022) is being implemented in 2022-24 by the ECCC Foundation as part of the program of the Minister of Education and Science: “Science for society”, area: “Humanities-Society-Identity”.
Monographs:
Irena Rolska and Jacek Kęsik, Archiving Polish Churches in the USA. Lost, Endangered and Recovered Property. Case Studies, TNKUL 2024
and
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
Both monographs received an honorary distinction from the Lublin Scientific Society in 2024.