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What makes our modern cities run? energy!
We can’t imagine a world without energy anytime at hand.
, however, got its first gas streetlights in 1856.
How this came about and how electricity changed our world forever can be studied in the Museum Gasworks Warsaw (Muzeum Gazowni Warszawskiej).
A study visit to this impressive and surprising museum concluded our Ukraine Culture Security Forum 2.0 in Warsaw. People in Ukraine understand the vital importance of energy as Russia systematically tries to destroy energy infrastructure.
A special thanks to Katarzyna Uroda - Lenartowicz and Justyna Hara and to the Fundacja ORLEN im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza (Fundacja ORLEN) for this visit and their support for OBMIN’s conference.

Ambasada Niemiec Міністерство культури України
Міністерство закордонних справ України / MFA of Ukraine
Auswärtiges Amt
Посольство Німеччини в Києві / Deutsche Botschaft Kyjiw
Ambasada Ukrainy w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej/Посольство України у Польщі
ORLEN Art & Science

The new gold standard for Europe’s museums has a name: Panoptikum.

Day 2 of the Ukraine Culture Security Forum took us inside a 20,000 sqm masterpiece of engineering and conservation. Located near Warsaw, Panoptikum is Europe’s most modern Museum Competence Center, still to be opened officially, featuring:
• Next-Gen Restoration: Highly specialized workshops for diverse artifacts.
• Scale: One of Europe’s largest sterilization freezers.
• Sustainability: Fully powered by advanced passive energy technology.
* perfect storage: specialized, well protected storage facilities for different kinds of artifacts
• Global Impact: Acclaimed by international experts as the best facility of its kind.
Crucially, this visit allowed our Ukrainian partners to present their competence of cultural preservation in times of war

Huge thanks to the Narodowy Instytut Muzeówfor leading the way. The future of our past is in good hands.

Ambasada Niemiec, Міністерство культури України
Міністерство закордонних справ України / MFA of Ukraine
Auswärtiges Amt
Посольство Республіки Польща у Києві / Ambasada RP w Kijowie
Ambasada Ukrainy w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej/Посольство України у Польщі
ORLEN
ORLEN Art & Science

Culture is not a luxury—it is a front line. 🛡️🇺🇦
Today in Warsaw, the 2nd Ukraine Culture Security Forum opened with a sobering reminder: Genocide is not just the physical extermination of a people; it is the systematic destruction of their culture, history, and identity.

As Poturaiev (Ukrainian Parliament) put it: "Russia is attempting to kill the very essence of what makes us human.”
The Highlights:
🔹 160 Experts & Officials from 7 nations gathering at the German Embassy in Warsaw. 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇩🇪🇧🇦🇪🇪🇫🇷🇸🇪
🔹 The Mission: Defending against "weaponized culture" and the disinformation warfare used to erase Ukrainian identity.
🔹 The Goal: Building a unified European front to protect our shared heritage as a pillar of national security.
Culture is the bedrock of our future. When we protect museums and history, we are protecting the future.
Follow the journey: 🌐 www.obmin.eu


Ambasada Niemiec, Міністерство культури України
Міністерство закордонних справ України / MFA of Ukraine
Auswärtiges Amt
Посольство Республіки Польща у Києві / Ambasada RP w Kijowie
Ambasada Ukrainy w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej/Посольство України у Польщі
ORLEN
ORLEN Art & Science

We can learn from Ukraine that many acting together can achieve more than others wanted to believe. Today, we would like to say a huge 'thank you' to our partners who made this Ukraine Culture Security Forum 2.0 in Warsaw possible! Your collaboration and dedication are crucial as we continue working towards a better future for 's cultural heritage!

See you tomorrow in the Ambasada Niemiec w Warszawie and on Friday at the Narodowy Instytut Muzeów

Міністерство культури України
Міністерство закордонних справ України / MFA of Ukraine
Auswärtiges Amt
Посольство Республіки Польща у Києві / Ambasada RP w Kijowie
Ambasada Ukrainy w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej/Посольство України у Польщі
ORLEN
ORLEN Art & Science

We would like to announce that ORLEN has become our strategic partner for the third time supporting this year's Ukraine Culture Security Forum 2.0 in Warsaw.

ORLEN is engaged in sponsoring culture, science, and education, which helps to create spaces where important discussions can take place. We are glad that ORLEN is involved in our international project focused on .

More about ORLEN's initiatives: https://www.orlen.pl/en
More about Ukraine Culture Security Forum 2.0: https://obmin.eu/conferences.php?id=5

is getting ready.
On May 7-8, we return for the second Ukraine Culture Security Forum - and this tear, the message is impossible to miss. Our OBMIN campaign is now live across the city, featured on Warsaw’s iconic round billboards - thanks to Warsaw’s city authorities.
This forum brings together leading voices from , Poland, Germany, France, Estonia, Sweden and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Not just to talk about- but to make a clear, united statement:
Culture is crucial for security.
In time of geopolitical tension and uncertainty, protecting cultural identity, heritage, and expression is fundamental to resilience, stability and peace.
Learn more: www.obmin.eu

Ambasada Niemiec
Міністерство культури України
Верховна Рада України
Міністерство закордонних справ України / MFA of Ukraine
Auswärtiges Amt
Посольство Республіки Польща у Києві / Ambasada RP w Kijowie
Ambasada Ukrainy w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej/Посольство України у Польщі
ORLEN
ORLEN Art & Science

🛡️ Culture is Security: The Ukraine Culture Security Forum 2.0 in Warsaw
Culture is more than heritage—it is a strategic pillar of freedom and sovereignty. On May 7–8, 2026, experts, policymakers, and museum professionals will gather at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in to redefine the role of culture in the face of disinformation and war. This event serves as a vital professional precursor to the upcoming Recovery Conference (URC), scheduled for this June in . We are building the bridge between protecting identity today and ensuring a sustainable reconstruction tomorrow.
We are honored to extend a warm welcome to our participants from Estonia.
🇪🇪 As Estonia prepares to host the URC 2027, your presence here is crucial for laying the groundwork for future international cooperation. 🤝
Program Highlights:

Day 1 (Ambasada Niemiec): High-level panels on "Weaponized Culture," new diplomacy, and museums as "Guardians of Identity"
Day 2: A deep dive into technical standards of how to preserve artifacts with a visit to the new „Panoptikum“ and a study visit to the Muzeum Gazowni Warszawskiej to explore industrial heritage.
Together, we are sending a powerful message about the cultural security of Ukraine and the resilience of Europe.

Interested? sign up: https://obmin.eu/conferences.php?id=7



Міністерство культури України, Auswärtiges Amt, Верховна Рада України, Ambasada Ukrainy w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej/Посольство України у Польщі, Narodowy Instytut Muzeów, Посольство Республіки Польща у Києві / Ambasada RP w Kijowie, ORLEN

For the visual identity of this year’s events we chose a works by Leopold Levytsky (1906–1973) as a visual symbol of the meetings.
The second image comes from the artist's composition "In the Park", (1960), kept in collection of the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv (Національний музей у Львові імені Андрея Шептицького).
Levytsky was one of the distinctive figures of mid-20th-century Ukrainian art and an important voice in the wider Central and Eastern European avant-garde.
Born in the Ternopil region to a Polish father and Ukrainian mother, he studied at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts and later spent time in Paris, where he encountered modernist and avant-garde movements that strongly influenced his work.
In 1932, he co-founded the Kraków Group (Grupa Krakowska) together with artists such as Maria Jarema, Jonasz Stern, Henryk Wiciński, and Sasza Blonder.
The group brought together young avant-garde artists connected to the Kraków School, promoting experimental forms inspired by expressionism, cubism, and surrealism, and challenging the conservative artistic climate of the time.
Levytskyy maintained a close artistic friendship with Jonasz Stern and Maria Jarema, one of the leading sculptors and painters of the Polish avant-garde.
During the Soviet period in Lviv, Levytsky’s home became an informal meeting place for artists, writers, and intellectuals who gathered to discuss art and society despite the pressure of socialist realism.

In 2026, we mark the 120th anniversary of Levytsky’s birth.
The Ukraine Culture Security Forum 2.0 will be held in Warsaw 7-8 May

Join us at the FORUM:
https://obmin.eu/conferences.php?id=7

Leopold Levytskyi: "In the Park", 1960s, Composition “Window” (1960), From the collection of the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv.

Міністерство культури України, Auswärtiges Amt, Верховна Рада України, Ambasada Niemiec, Ambasada Ukrainy w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej/Посольство України у Польщі, Посольство Республіки Польща у Києві / Ambasada RP w Kijowie