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New Seat of the Silesian Museum in Katowice (site of the former "Katowice" Hard Coal Mine)

completedstage: operationaldelivered
PLN 274 million
programme budget (multi-year) · data from 2013net or gross: not recorded≈ PLN 274 million (value-by-stage, est., nominal)funding: EU funds, local government, state funds

The new seat of the Silesian Museum was built on the site of the former "Katowice" Hard Coal Mine, in the so-called Culture Zone in the centre of Katowice, next to the Spodek arena and the seat of NOSPR (the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra). The project's author is the Austrian office Riegler Riewe Architekten (Florian Riegler, Roger Riewe), who placed the museum's main exhibition section underground, leaving the revitalised, historic post-mining buildings on the surface. Construction of the new building lasted from 2011 (first works in March 2011, main construction from July 2011), finishing in June 2013; the new seat was officially opened to the public on 26 June 2015. The investment cost PLN 273,719,885 (in some sources rounded to "around PLN 274 million", while the value of the whole undertaking was estimated at over PLN 324 million), of which about 85 per cent was covered by EU funds from the European Regional Development Fund under the Regional Operational Programme of the Silesian Voivodeship 2007-2013. The Silesian Museum is a cultural institution co-run by the Marshal's Office of the Silesian Voivodeship and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and has been described as one of the largest museum undertakings in the country.

How it went

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Deliverydelivered[3]
Utilisationin use[3]
eksploatacja nowej siedziby jako czynne muzeum
Current
nowa siedziba otwarta i eksploatowana od 26 czerwca 2015 r.

Timeline

  1. Construction start2011
  2. Delivery2015

Significance

The new seat of the Silesian Museum became one of the most important elements of the Katowice Culture Zone, a complex of cultural institutions (alongside NOSPR and the International Congress Centre) created on the revitalised site of the former "Katowice" Hard Coal Mine. The investment is cited as a model example of the transformation of post-industrial land, and, given the involvement of EU funds and co-management by the Ministry of Culture, also as one of the largest museum undertakings in Poland.

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  1. Murator Plus
    Cost
    CostKoszt inwestycji: 273 719 885 zł
  2. dzieje.pl (PAP)21 Oct 2014
    Delivery
    DeliveryOtwarcie Muzeum Śląskiego – 26 czerwca 2015 r.
  3. dzieje.pl (PAP)24 Jul 2015
    StatusStageConstruction startFundingDeliveryUtilisation
    Status · DeliveryNową siedzibę Muzeum Śląskiego, jedno z największych przedsięwzięć muzealnych w kraju otwarto 26 czerwca.
    StageMuzeum powstało na terenie dawnej kopalni Katowice.
    Construction startBudowa nowej siedziby muzeum (w pobliżu katowickiego Spodka) trwała od lipca 2011 r.
    FundingKoszt budowy muzeum wyniósł ok. 274 mln zł, z czego 85 proc. pokryły środki unijne.
    FundingPozostała część pieniędzy to środki własne Urzędu Marszałkowskiego Woj. Śląskiego i 2,3 mln zł dotacji Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego.
    UtilisationMija prawie miesiąc od otwarcia nowej siedziby Muzeum Śląskiego w Katowicach, w tym czasie wystawy obejrzało ponad 50 tys. osób
  4. Wikipedia (pl)
    InvestorFunding
    InvestorStanowi instytucję kultury współprowadzoną przez Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Śląskiego oraz Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego.
    Fundingluty 2010 - otrzymanie decyzji Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego o przyznaniu dofinansowania dla projektu w wysokości 2,3 mln zł w ramach programu Promesa
  5. Ślązag23 Jan 2026
    StatusStageDelivery
    Status · Stage · DeliveryW 2015 roku Muzeum Śląskie otworzyło się pod nowym adresem, przy ul. Dobrowolskiego 1, na terenie dawnej Kopalni "Katowice".