The Adam Mickiewicz Institute ( pl, Instytut Adama Mickiewicza) is a government-sponsored organization funded by Poland's Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and headquartered at ''ulica Mokotowska 25'' (the Sugar Palace) in Warsaw. Named after Polish national poet Adam Mickiewicz, its goal is to promote the Polish language and

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abroad. The institute operates a trilingual Polish-English-Russian portal, " Culture.pl", founded in 2001.

Activities

Besides a large number of associated poets, essayists, writers, translators, artists; literary, music, and film critics; and curators, the Institute includes

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, the Director (the former were Krzysztof Olendzki and Paweł Potoroczyn), as well as three deputy directors and number of key projects and programmes managers. In addition to the Ministry-of-Culture-sponsored Adam Mickiewicz Institute, there are Polish Cultural Institutes, sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in over 22 major foreign cities, including Berlin,

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, Budapest, Bucharest, Düsseldorf, Kyiv, Leipzig, London, Minsk, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Prague, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Sofia,

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, Tel Aviv, Vienna, and Vilnius. While the Adam Mickiewicz Institute frequently collaborates with the Polish Cultural Institutes, each institution is independent of the other and is sponsored by a different Polish government ministry.

Projects and programmes

Polska 100
– to mark the centenary of Poland's independence by many activities in six areas: music, design, visual arts, film, theatre, and new technologies.
I, CULTURE Orchestra
– musical project for young musicians from Poland, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Hungary, Moldova and Ukraine.
Digital Culture
– to support international presence of Polish digital artists (the Digital Cultures conference is among other activities on this track).
Polska Design Programme
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Don`t Panic! We`re from Poland
– promotes contemporary Polish music abroad

Gallery

File:Krzysztof Olendzki.jpg, Krzysztof Olendzki - the Head Director of Adam Mickiewicz Institute (2016–2019) File:Druga edycja konferencji "Digital Cultures" organizowanej przez Instytut Adama Mickiewicza, 2018.jpg, Second edition of "Digital Cultures" conference organized by Adam Mickiewicz Institute File:Prezentacja projektów EthnoWiki podczas 1. edycji konferencji "Digital Cultures".jpg, First edition of "Digital Cultures" conference

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External links

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Official website
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