Registry of Cultural Property ( pl, Rejestr zabytków) in

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is a

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for Polish cultural property. It is maintained by the 16

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offices for cultural property protection ( pl, wojewódzkie urzędy ochrony zabytków) headed by a voivodeship cultural property conservator ( pl, wojewódzki konserwator zabytków) acting on behalf of the

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as the first-tier registration organ. In addition, selected units of territorial self-government: gminas, cities with county rights and

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have used an option to appoint a communal, municipal, city or county cultural property conservator ( pl, gminny, miejski lub powiatowy konserwator zabytków) , with some tasks of the voivodeship conservator usually delegated to such an office under an agreement with the respective

. The cultural property data is processed at the national level by the

National Institute of Cultural Heritage The National Institute of Cultural Heritage of Poland ( pl, Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa NID) is a Polish governmental institution responsible for documenting cultural property and the intangible cultural heritage, as well as for supporting and ...

( pl, Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa), the latter also operating the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage on behalf of the minister responsible for national cultural heritage, while all the abovementioned institutions are overseen by the General Cultural Property Conservator ( pl, Generalny Konserwator Zabytków), an office fulfilling the tasks of the second-tier registration organ, held by a secretary or an undersecretary of state at the ministry responsible for national cultural heritage and acting on behalf of the minister. The Act on cultural property protection and care divides the cultural property into three categories: (A) movable cultural property, (B) immovable cultural property, and (C) archaeological cultural property. It does not cover the movable items included in the national library collections, the national archival

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or in an inventory of a listed museum.

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List of immovable cultural property items
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(Polish:Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa, NID)
List of movable cultural property items
maintained by NID
List of archaeological cultural property items
maintained by NID Objects of cultural heritage in Poland Law of Poland