30.05.2018

Budimex to build the Museum of Polish History

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On 30 May this year, Budimex concluded. a contract with the Polish History Museum for the construction of its new headquarters, which will be erected at the Warsaw Citadel. The value of the contract is nearly
PLN 460 million net.

The scope of work includes the construction of a building with the necessary installations enabling the arrangement of a permanent exhibition presenting the history of Polish. On six floors (4 above-ground and 2 underground), in addition to the exhibition part, there will be conservation workshops, laboratories, museum warehouses, an educational center, as well as offices and social rooms for employees. The museum also includes a cinema room, a library, a restaurant and a café. The monolithic, reinforced concrete structure of the building will be decorated with a stone façade with a glazed main entrance. The works will be completed in February 2021.

The seat of the Polish History Museum was designed by the Warsaw office of WXCA Sp. z o.o. The building of the Polish Army Museum will also be built on the premises of the Warsaw Citadel.

Investment in numbers:

  • area of the permanent exhibition: 7 thousand m2
  • temporary exhibition area: 1.5 thousand m2
  • auditorium: approx. 600 people
  • cinema room: approx. 150 people
  • total area of the building: over 54 thousand m2
  • above-ground part: 32 thousand. m2
  • underground part: 22 thousand m2