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{{Short description|Polish decoration for achievement in the arts}}
[[File:Gloria-artis edit chalger2.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Gold Medal of Gloria Artis.]]
The '''Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture''' ({{langx|pl|Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis}}) or '''Gloria Artis Medal,''' is a [[departmental decoration of Poland]] in arts awarded by the [[Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland]] to persons and organizations for distinguished contributions to, or protection of the [[Polish culture]] and national heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mkidn.gov.pl/pages/strona-glowna/kultura-i-dziedzictwo/odznaczenia/medal-zasluzony-kulturze---gloria-artis.php?searchresult=1&sstring=gloria+artis |title=Zasłużony Kulturze - Gloria Artis |access-date=2010-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723111555/http://www.mkidn.gov.pl/pages/strona-glowna/kultura-i-dziedzictwo/odznaczenia/medal-zasluzony-kulturze---gloria-artis.php?searchresult=1&sstring=gloria+artis |archive-date=2011-07-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
There are three classes for the medal: gold, silver and bronze with a green, blue or claret ribbon, respectively, with central white and red stripes. This award was instituted on 17 June 2005. as a replacement of the honorary badge „[[Zasłużony Działacz Kultury]]”,  as part of the general reform in management of culture and education.<ref>[http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20051311091 "Ustawa z dnia 17 czerwca 2005 r. o zmianie ustawy o organizowaniu i prowadzeniu działalności kulturalnej oraz o zmianie ustawy o systemie oświaty"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129123509/http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20051311091 |date=2018-01-29 }} (Dz.U. 2005 nr 131 poz. 1091)</ref>
==Gallery==
{{Gallery
| title  = Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Ribbons
| width  = 200
| height = 100
|File:POL Złoty Medal Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis BAR.png|{{center|Ribbon of the Gold Medal.}}
|File:POL Srebrny Medal Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis BAR.png|{{center|Ribbon of the Silver Medal.}}
|File:POL Brązowy Medal Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis BAR.png|{{center|Ribbon of the Bronze Medal.}}
}}
==See also==
*[[Decoration of Honor Meritorious for Polish Culture]]
*[[Orders, decorations, and medals of Poland]]
*[[:Category:Recipients of the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.medals.org.uk/poland/3republic/3republic060.htm Poland: Medal for Merit to Culture "Gloria Artis"]
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[[Category:Civil awards and decorations of Poland]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2006]]
[[Category:Departmental decorations of Poland]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in Poland]]