Polish History Museum
Warsaw, Poland 2009
Sponsor: Polish Ministry for Culture and National Heritage
Cost: $155,000,000
SMEP: Buro Happold
Cost Analyst: Davis Langdon
The name Museum of Polish History, underlines the permanence and indisputable parameter of history. Poland, like many other European countries, saw its seize and border expanding and compressing under fire and blood from the first day of its inception. The paths of the Museum of Polish History and the park intertwine: navigating through the park or inside the museum will create conditions similar to a promenade where once can meander within the landscape as well as within the history. The museum aims to establish the foundation for a harmonious future, a stable development of humanity, which is based on an extended knowledge of history and a profound respect and understanding of our extended environment.