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Polish History Museum plans signed

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Nick Hodge 22.07.2015 10:17
Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz signed a letter of intent on Tuesday concerning the construction of the long-awaited Polish History Museum in Warsaw.
Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz (2L), Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minisrter Tomasz Siemoniak (L), Culture Minister Małgorzata Omilanowska (C),  director of the Polish History Museum  Robert Kostro (2P) and director of the Polish Army Museum Zbigniew Wawer (P). Photo: PAP/Radek PietruszkaPrime Minister Ewa Kopacz (2L), Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minisrter Tomasz Siemoniak (L), Culture Minister Małgorzata Omilanowska (C), director of the Polish History Museum Robert Kostro (2P) and director of the Polish Army Museum Zbigniew Wawer (P). Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka

According to the plans, the museum will be built on the terrain of the Warsaw Citadel, a fortress built by the Tsarist Russian regime in the 19th century.

The government pledged on Tuesday to provide PLN 310 million over a four-year period, with the first payment being made in 2016.

Prime Minister Kopacz said the grand opening is scheduled to take place in 2018.

We would like it to happen in November, marking the hundredth anniversary of the regaining of independence,” she noted, referring to Poland's rebirth following World War I.

The institution was set up in 2006, and a competition to build the museum's headquarters was held in 2009.

However, funding was not found, and the original location, which was due to be near the Ujazdów Castle, was changed.

Culture Minister Małgorzata Omilanowska said that “our dreams about the Polish History Museum, which we had nurtured for so long, remained in the realm of unrealised plans, but they will finally have a happy ending.”

As previously planned, the Museum of the Polish Army will have its new headquarters within the same complex, but in a separate building. (nh)

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