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The European Heritage Label is the extensive initiative implemented and supported by Creative Europe program, whose aim is to promote joint understanding of Europe’s history, based on human rights, democratic values and pluralism.

Every year, a team of independent experts selects places which, through their history and contemporary activity, prove that to Europeans they make a significant part of the cultural heritage. Since 2013 the European Label has been granted to 80 such sites in total. Among them there is the Site of National Remembrance in Łambinowice which was awarded the Label in 2020. This distinction is perceived as greatly prestigious, a fact that we readily take advantage of while promoting our institution and its activity, yet also one that obliges us to steadily expose in an effective and interesting way the European dimension in the image of the Museum and in our initiatives launched in different fields of our presence.

The consecutive selection year 2025 saw a significant rise in the number of awarded objects, with the highest number of laureates since 2014. They were chosen from 21 candidates initially nominated by the member countries. Each object symbolizes a unique fragment of the varying history and integration of Europe, embodying the fundamental values laying at the foundation of our Continent. Among the laureates, there is another site located in Poland – The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music. It is an institution that materializes the rich musical heritage of Europe as a space of creativity, message and intercultural dialogue. Situated in Lusławice, it is closely related to the composer and conductor, Krzysztof Penderecki, whose output effectively connected avant-garde experiments and involvement in European musical traditions, echoing widely over the borders in the times of the Cold War and afterwards. We congratulate the Centre on this excellent achievement!

The ceremony of awarding the objects which had been newly-accepted to the European Heritage Label network took place on 22 April in Brussels, in the hall of the Royal Museum of Art and History. Our Site of National Remembrance was represented by Dr Anna Czerner of the Scientific Department of the Museum, who also participated in the EHL Forum held on the following day. This offered a good opportunity to listen to speeches delivered by experts from the international EHL environment as well as to take part in discussions in workshop groups, concerning ways of strengthening the rank and recognizability of the objects included in the network.