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The National Museum in Szczecin — The Dialogue Centre Upheavals
The National Museum in Szczecin – The Centre of Dialogue Upheavals is a place of meetings and debates regarding controversial subjects related to the newest history of Szczecin, Pomerania, Poland and the world. An underground pavilion, built exclusively for this purpose, came to existence in the heart of the city. The building houses a permanent exhibition embracing years 1939-1989. The exposition is introduced by a space showing pre-war Szczecin, migrations and the most difficult period of the previous political system – Stalinism. The greatest spaces are occupied by “Polish Months”, which have built Szczecin and West-Pomerania inhabitants’ identity. December ’70, August’80 and August ’88 influenced system transformations in Poland and Europe, placing Szczecin and West-Pomerania in the flow of events of universal history.
The building designed by Robert Konieczny and KWK Promes has been awarded the first prize in “Culture” category and World Building of the Year 2016 prize at World Architecture Festival. Earlier, in July the same year, it has also been awarded a prestigious European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016. The National Museum in Szczecin – The Centre of Dialogue Upheavals was also awarded in the competition of the Polish Town Planners Association, Silesian branch of the Polish Architects' Association and a prestigious museum Sybilla award. The exhibition has been awarded the third place in nationwide competition “The Best Multimedia Museums”.
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The National Museum in Szczecin — The Dialogue Centre Upheavals
The National Museum in Szczecin – The Centre of Dialogue Upheavals is a place of meetings and debates regarding controversial subjects related to the newest history of Szczecin, Pomerania, Poland and the world. An underground pavilion, built exclusively for this purpose, came to existence in the heart of the city. The building houses a permanent exhibition embracing years 1939-1989. The exposition is introduced by a space showing pre-war Szczecin, migrations and the most difficult period of the previous political system – Stalinism. The greatest spaces are occupied by “Polish Months”, which have built Szczecin and West-Pomerania inhabitants’ identity. December ’70, August’80 and August ’88 influenced system transformations in Poland and Europe, placing Szczecin and West-Pomerania in the flow of events of universal history.
The building designed by Robert Konieczny and KWK Promes has been awarded the first prize in “Culture” category and World Building of the Year 2016 prize at World Architecture Festival. Earlier, in July the same year, it has also been awarded a prestigious European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016. The National Museum in Szczecin – The Centre of Dialogue Upheavals was also awarded in the competition of the Polish Town Planners Association, Silesian branch of the Polish Architects' Association and a prestigious museum Sybilla award. The exhibition has been awarded the third place in nationwide competition “The Best Multimedia Museums”.