Wroclaw National Museum previews pavilion
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
16.10.2014 18:43
Renovation is ongoing at Wroclaw's historic Four Domes Pavilion, which is being transformed into a gallery of modern art for the National Museum.
Renovation work at Wroclaw's Four Domes Pavilion. Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczynski
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the National Museum's administrative director Tadeusz Nestorowicz confirmed that 70 percent of the work is now done.
He envisages that the renovation will be completed in June 2015, and that the new gallery will open in 2016, chiming in with Wroclaw's tenure as European Capital of Culture.
Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczynski
The gallery will have 6500 square metres of exhibition space, providing extensive possibilities for the museum's vast collection.
The Warsaw branch of the National Museum currently has over 20,000 pieces of modern art at its disposal, many of which are languishing in warehouses.
The entire investment will cost 79 million zloty (18.6 million euro), over half of which came from EU coffers.
The Four Domes Pavilion was built in 1912-1913, when Wroclaw belonged to Germany as Breslau. The pavilion is part of a UNESCO-listed complex of buildings focused on the celebrated Wroclaw Centennial Hall.
After World War II, when Poland's borders were shifted west, the pavilion was used by filmmakers from a municipal film studio. (nh)
Source: PAP