We are proud to announce that PIASA has received grant from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland for the year of 2025 and is starting a New Project entitled: “Preservation, development, digitization and promotion of the PIASA collection – stage IV “.

This year’s project involves the development, preservation, digitization, and publication of additional collections from the PIASA archives, which depict the experiences of Poles in emigration and represent Poland’s cultural heritage abroad. The results will be made widely accessible through unrestricted online access to the scanned collections and enhanced by a new AI-powered OCR module for document reading. The initiative will also include academic events such as a conference at Columbia University, an exhibition at the Institute’s headquarters, a guidebook publication on Polish traces in New York, school lessons and workshops linked to anniversaries declared by the Polish Parliament, as well as narrated recordings based on the most compelling documents identified through research. The project will be complemented by social media posts promoting the collections and disseminating knowledge among the Polish diaspora, particularly during Polish Heritage Month in the U.S., along with articles in traditional press outlets.