GLAM/Newsletter/December 2025/Contents/Poland report
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Public Domain, Conferences, and Conversations on Open Culture
Wikimedia Poland at the University Library in Wrocław Jubilee Conference
On 4–5 December 2025, Wikimedia Polska participated in the jubilee conference “When Tradition Meets Technology”, marking the 80th anniversary of the University Library in Wrocław and 20 years of its Digital Library. The event gathered representatives of GLAM institutions and academia to discuss cooperation, digitisation, and future challenges.
During the second day, Kamila Neuman, Open Culture Manager at Wikimedia Polska, moderated Panel V: GLAM – Shared Heritage, Shared Future, focused on cross-sector collaboration, data interoperability, and public digitisation strategies. Recordings (in Polish) are available here:
After the panel, Ada Skirło, Senior Technology Specialist at Wikimedia Polska, led a practical workshop on using Wikidata to connect cultural and academic data. The session attracted strong interest and high participant engagement, especially during hands-on work with data from the Digital Library of the University of Wrocław.
We thank dr Dorota Siwecka, Director of the University Library in Wrocław, and Tomasz Kalota, Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Regional GLAM Cooperation at the University of Wrocław, for the invitation and collaboration.
Kamila Neuman on the Sektor 3.0 Podcast
Kamila Neuman, Open Culture Manager at Wikimedia Polska, was a guest on the Sektor 3.0 podcast in an episode titled “130 Million Free Images? Open Culture and Copyright for NGOs”, hosted by journalist Filip Jędruch. In the conversation, Kamila discusses how open online resources fit between commercial content and AI-generated media, why maintaining the flow of free knowledge matters for civil society, and how NGOs and cultural organisations can find and responsibly reuse openly licensed materials, using Wikimedia Commons and the wider Wikimedia ecosystem as practical examples.
Watch the episode (in Polish):
Sektor 3.0 is a Polish initiative (run by the Information Society Development Foundation and supported by the Polish-American Freedom Foundation) that helps organisations use digital tools and new technologies for socially beneficial work, sharing knowledge through publications, events, and a podcast series.
Polish Creators Entering the Public Domain in 2026
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Jerzy Kossak -
Zofia Stankiewicz -
Wanda Kossecka -
Jan Czernecki -
Roman Gineyko -
Maria Płonowska
Public Domain Day 2026 marks the moment when works by creators who passed away in 1955 become free for everyone to use, share, and reinterpret. Alongside internationally recognized figures, we encourage the global GLAM-Wiki community to explore the works of Polish creators whose legacy has now entered the public domain. Below, we highlight a selection of Polish artists whose works became part of the public domain in 2026.
- Jerzy Kossak – a Polish painter best known for historical scenes and battle paintings, continuing the artistic tradition of the Kossak family.
- Zofia Stankiewicz – a painter and graphic artist, a feminist, and one of the first Polish women artists to study in Paris and work professionally as a printmaker.
- Wanda Kossecka – a textile designer and artist, recognized for her designs inspired by folk art.
- Jan Czernecki – a publisher, bookseller, and photographer.
- Roman Gineyko – a painter whose work contributes to the diverse landscape of Polish 20th-century art.
- Helena Roj-Kozłowska – a folk artist and writer, closely connected with the Podhale region.
- Maria Płonowska – a painter known for landscapes and portraits.
- Jadwiga Simon - a painter whose clandestine drawings made in the Ravensbrück concentration camp were shown after the war at the Malmö Museum. Her works are held in the Moderna Museet.
Their works are now part of the public domain, opening new opportunities for digitisation, reuse, and inclusion in Wikimedia projects worldwide.
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