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We cordially invite you to visit the exhibition entitled "3D Digitization of Polish Sacred Heritage in the USA" at the Gallery of the Center for Scientific and Technical Information, Lublin University of Technology. The opening of the exhibition will take place on January 27, 2023 at 13:00.

The photographic exhibition is a collective work of the participants of the first scientific expedition of the ECCC Foundation to the USA, which took place on October 9-22, 2022. It was carried out as part of the project entitled "Research on the national cultural heritage of the Polish community in the USA and the creation of digital memory collections", financed by the Ministry of Education and Science. The expedition operated in the cities where Poles settled from the end of the 19th century to the present, i.e. in Chicago (Illinois) and Milwaukee (Wisconsin).

The team consisted of employees from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Lublin University of Technology (Prof. Marek Miłosz - head of the expedition, Prof. Jerzy Montusiewicz, Dr. Jacek Kęsik and Dr. Elżbieta Miłosz), the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Łukasz Konopa, MA) and a representative of the ECCC Foundation (Małgorzata Przewoźniak, MA - project manager).

During the expedition, the team scanned six church buildings, which were funded by Poles living there. The work focused on preserving the three-dimensional appearance of these objects (interior and exterior), as well as selected small architectural details and reliquaries. Despite various problems and adversities, the team obtained 1.5 TB of data in the form of approximately three hundred 3D scans and tens of thousands of photos. The preliminary results of the expedition's achievements can be seen on the following website: www.polskiedziedzictwo3d.pl

The photos show the participants of the expedition in various situations during their work: when setting up the equipment, 3D digitization using the Faro scanner, shooting panoramic films, taking photos, moving objects, creating descriptions, as well as during mundane life activities (lunches). We also have photos from the parish festival in Trójcowo, the meeting with the representatives of the Polish Sunday School, as well as from the recording of a broadcast on the Polish radio in Chicago. There are also a few photos presenting the specificity of Chicago.