Awards

Poznan Heritage Centre and its institutions and project have received the following awards:

• Best Tourism Product of 2014 from the Polish Tourism Organisation (October 2014)
• One of the seven new Tourist Wonders of Poland(fifth place) (Turystyczne Cuda Polski)from National Geographic (October 2014)
• 2013 Giovanni Battista di Quadro Award (October 2014)
• Nomination for the most important European prize for architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award by the European Union (October 2014)
• First prizefor the New Polish Treasure (Nowy Skarb Polski) – new tourist attraction; competition organised under the patronage of the Polish Tourism Organisation (November 2014)
• Deaf-and-Hard-of-Hearing-Friendly Institution (December 2014)
• Senior-Friendly Institution (March 2015)
• Distinction in the international competition for the best public building project organised by the German Foundation Lebendige Stadt (September 2015)
• Polska Pięknieje – 7 Cudów Unijnych Funduszy– award for the 2015 tourist attraction built thanks to the European funds (September 2015)
• Awards in the General Monuments Conservator’s competition for the best educational project on cultural heritage: best outdoor programme – first place for the project Doświadczyć i docenić (Experience and appreciate – series of guided tours on the Cathedral Island in Poznań); distinction for the project Kino na wyspie (Cinema on the Island. Participatory workshops for the deaf and hard-of-hearing)(November 2015)
• Distinction from the National Institute of Cultural Heritage for events organised during the 23rd European Heritage Days (November 2015)
• Quality Certificate from TripAdvisor (for 2016, 2017 and 2018)
• Dostępna Miejska Instytucja Kultury 2016 (2016 Accessible Municipal Cultural Institution)awarded by the President of Poznań and Fundacja Inicjatyw Społecznych MILI LUDZIE (December 2016)
• Distinction from Poznań Deputy President and the Managing Director of Fundacja Głos dla Życia for taking part in the programme Poznań PRO Rodzina – Karta Rodziny Dużej (December 2016)
• Distinction from Forum Biznesu for the Tourist Product of 2016 (December 2016)
• 2016 Magellan Award (first prize) for an illustrated guidebook for Poznań City Guide. The Royal-Imperial Route, authors: Bartosz Małolepszy, Maciej Moszyński, Mikołaj Pukianiec (2016)
• Third prize for a publication for children at 26. Ogólnopolski Przegląd Książki Krajoznawczej i Turystycznej Tour-Salon 2018 (26th Polish guidebooks competition) for the Royal-Imperial Route’s guidebook for children Choć/dź, zobacz!, authors: Lucyna Kaczmarkiewicz, Anna Basińska (2018)
• Złota Ryczka award in the competition Poznań dostępny 2019(Accessible Poznań 2019) in the category: INNOVATION for the information system on Porta Posnania’s accessibility
• 2020 Lider Dostępności (Accessibility Leader) in the category: large public building in the urban architecture competition organised by Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciół Integracji and Towarzystwo Urbanistów Polskich (Polish Urban Planners Association) under the patronage of the President of Poland Andrzej Duda