Annual Meeting 2025
EAC Annual Meeting 2025
Gdansk, Poland
27-29 March 2025
Life after life of archaeological archives – accessibility and re-use of archaeological collections in heritage management
Heritage Management Symposium
The 26th EAC Heritage Symposium was held on 27-28 March 2025. The theme was 'Life after life of archaeological archives – accessibility and re-use of archaeological collections in heritage management’. The symposium was followed by an excursion on 29 March 2025.
The event was co-organised by the National Institute of Cultural Heritage (NID), Archaeological Museum of GdaÅ„sk and Museum of GdaÅ„sk, and was hosted by the Museum of GdaÅ„sk. The scientific coordinators are dr Agnieszka Oniszczuk and Agnieszka Makowska (NID), dr David Novák (IA CAS, Prague).
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The EAC is honoured that the Annual Meeting was granted the Patronage of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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Each year, the Symposium is open to all EAC members and interested colleagues. It is free of charge to attend but participants must register as numbers are limited.
© Tobiasz BuÅ‚ynko, National Institute of Cultural Heritage
General Assembly and Consilium
The EAC General Assembly and Consilium took place on Thursday 27 March (9:30am) 2025.
Representatives from all EAC member organisations and invited observers are welcome to join us for the General Assembly. Papers for the General Assembly are sent to members via email.
Hosts and venues
Venue and host– Museum of GdaÅ„sk
The Museum of GdaÅ„sk (formerly: Historical Museum of the City of GdaÅ„sk, City of GdaÅ„sk History Museum) was first established in 1970 as a branch of the Pomeranian Museum in GdaÅ„sk. On 2 April 1970, the Museum was located in the Main Town Hall, today its main premises. The historic building, its history going back to the 14th century, used to be the seat of the civic authorities. The Museum holds a collection documenting the history of the city from the Middle Ages to the contemporary times. The Museum’s collection amounts to about 39 thousand items.
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The EAC 2025 venue will be the Artus Court situated opposite the famous Neptune fountain and nicknamed the parlour of historical Gdańsk. The works of arts or their replicas accumulated here refer to legends and myths of the ancient times and the Middle Ages. Here you will see the largest tiled stove of Europe; being 10.64 metres high it is lined with 530 richly adorned tiles.
© National Institute of Cultural Heritage
© National Institute of Cultural Heritage
Host – National Institute of Cultural Heritage
The National Institute of Cultural Heritage is a state cultural institution organized by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, providing expert and consultative support to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and public heritage preservation bodies.
The mission of the Institute is to create the foundations for sustainable protection of cultural heritage in order to preserve it for future generations by setting and promoting standards for the protection and conservation of monuments, shaping social awareness of the value and preservation of cultural heritage, as well as collecting and disseminating knowledge about heritage.​
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Host – Archaeological Museum of GdaÅ„sk
The Archaeological Museum in Gdańsk (MAG) has been operating as an independent institution since January 1962 (earlier, since 1953, as an archaeological department of the former Pomeranian Museum in Gdańsk). MAG holds collections documenting the prehistory of northern Poland and the material culture of the inhabitants of Gdańsk and Gdańsk Pomerania, from the early Middle Ages to the modern period. In addition, the museum's collection includes amber and amber products (from prehistoric to contemporary), as well as exhibits representing the material culture of the past and present inhabitants of Sudan (MAG employees have participated in archaeological expeditions in Africa for many years).
The largest part consists of artefacts from sites documenting the cultural identity of the region, e.g. the Rzucewo, Pomerania, Wielbark and Oksywie cultures. Many valuable artifacts were excavated as a result of research on the East Pomeranian tribal strongholds and the oldest urban centers, especially Gdańsk.
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Due to the renovation of its main seat in Mariacka St. MAG will welcome participants of the symposium in the Blue Lamb Granary and will lead an archaeological walk in Gdańsk.
