Adam Mickiewicz Institute

Instytut Adama Mickiewicza
Founded1 March 2000; 26 years ago (2000-03-01)
FounderPolish Government
TypeCultural institution
Locationulica Mokotowska 25 (the Sugar Palace), Warsaw
Region served
20 countries, worldwide
ProductPolish cultural and language education
Key people
Barbara Schabowska, Director
Websiteiam.pl

The Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Polish: Instytut Adama Mickiewicza) is a government-sponsored organization funded by Poland's Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and headquartered at 25 Mokotowska Street (the Sugar Palace) in Warsaw.

Named after Polish national poet Adam Mickiewicz, its goal is to promote the Polish language and Polish culture abroad. Since 2001, the institute operates Culture.pl, a web portal documenting various aspects of Polish culture. As of 2025, Culture.pl is available in 8 languages including Polish and English.

Activities

Besides a large number of associated poets, essayists, writers, translators, artists; literary, music, and film critics; and curators, the Institute includes Barbara Schabowska, the Director (the former were Krzysztof Olendzki and Paweł Potoroczyn), as well as three deputy directors and a number of 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, Bratislava, Budapest, Bucharest, Düsseldorf, Kyiv, Leipzig, London, Minsk, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Prague, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Sofia, Stockholm, 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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Adam Mickiewicz Institute: About us Archived February 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Ambassador Krzysztof Olendzki appointed Director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @www.classicalsource.com". classicalsource.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. ↑ IAM (2013). "Director: Paweł Potoroczyn". Instytut Adama Mickiewicza. Retrieved 9 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Instytuty Polskie". Msz.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Polish Cultural Institutes around the world – arranged according to cities in an alphabetical order. Internet Archive. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ "I, CULTURE Orchestra". Askonas Holt. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Digital Cultures Conference 24–25.09.2018 / Warsaw". digitalcultures.pl. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "LONDON DESIGN FAIR". DANA JUSZCZYK. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.