On 16–20 February 2026, the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw hosted the international workshop “Operation of Archaeological Storage Facilities and Response to War Damage.”The meeting focused on the management of archaeological storage facilities and the protection of collections in emergency situations, particularly in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The workshop brought together specialists from Poland, Ukraine, Japan and Lithuania, representing research institutions, museums and archaeological archives. The programme included presentations on the current condition of archaeological collections in Ukraine, discussions on the protection of cultural heritage under wartime conditions, and the presentation and demonstration of the TagSwift system, an RFID-based solution designed for the digital management of archaeological storage facilities.
The workshop was organised in cooperation between the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology PAS, the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (Japan), and Vilnius University, within the framework of an international cooperation programme for the protection of cultural heritage. From the side of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology PAS, the event was carried out as part of the project “Antiquities of the Black Sea.”
Video documentation of selected sessions from the workshop is now available on YouTube:
All recordings are also available in the workshop playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB0jvakEH4q9yqWAYKHrZGcOEzV5euMYt