Minister confirms more funds for Warsaw history museum
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
28.08.2014 13:09
The headquarters of the Museum of Warsaw will receive a further block of funds from the EEA and Norway Grants scheme in order to complete a thorough modernisation programme.
Mayor of Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (L) and Minister of Culture Malgorzata Omilanowska (R) after signing documents concerning funding for the ongoing refurbishment of the Museum of Warsaw. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka
Minister of Culture Malgorzata Omilanowska signed an agreement with Mayor of Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz concerning the ongoing refurbishment of the 11 buildings concerned, which lie on the capital's Old Town Square.
It is hoped that the museum will reopen its doors in the Spring of 2016, during Warsaw's annual Museums Night (Noc Muzeow), when visitors can enter cultural institutions free of charge.
Ongoing work at the Museum of Warsaw. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka
10 million zloty (2.3 million euro) will supplement the 25 million zloty (5.9 million euro) allocated in recent years via EEA and Norway Grants.
Non-EU member states Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway make the contributions in return for favourable trading relations with EU countries.
The grants are designed to help new EU member states that were once behind the Iron Curtain, as well as EU states struggling with recession.
Besides contributing to the ongoing refurbishment of the Warsaw museum, the funds will also be used to digitization of parts of the collection. (nh)
Source: PAP