Prix Versailles, or the Versailles Prize, is a prestigious architectural distinction awarded for 10 years. This year, museum buildings had a chance to win the title for the first time. The verdict on which objects were included in the list of the most beautiful museums in the world was announced at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, and one of the buildings in Warsaw was included in the list.
The most beautiful museums in the world selected. Among them, a Polish facility
The list of the most beautiful museums in the world includes seven museums that are “a combination of creativity, the reflection of local heritage and ecological efficiency”. – Museums provide exceptional conditions that foster intercultural dialogue. Enhanced by new technologies, they provide increasingly immersive experiences, participate in the dissemination of knowledge and help shape the tastes of visitors – says Jérôme Gouadain, Secretary General of the Prix Versailles, who emphasizes the justification for granting distinctions.
The winners included the building of the Polish History Museum at the Warsaw Citadel. – In the tenth anniversary edition of the competition, in the Museums category, our institution was appreciated for its special architectural values, because the building of the Polish History Museum is not only a place where we talk about the history of the state and nation. It is a work in itself, a building full of thoughtful meanings. Its façade refers to the subsequent layers of our history: from the earliest times to the present – we read on the official website of the facility.
Polish History Museum with the Versailles Prize
The Warsaw building is listed alongside the A4 Art Museum in China, the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Smritivan Earthquake Museum in India, the Simose Art Museum (Japan), the Paleis Het Loo (Netherlands) and the Oman Through the Ages Museum (Oman).
The Polish History Museum at the Warsaw Citadel opened in September 2023. It is currently the largest museum facility in our country, which occupies over 44,000 square meters and consists of four floors above ground and two underground. The exhibition space for permanent exhibitions is 7,300 square meters, and the temporary exhibition hall is 1,400 square meters.
The building was designed by the Warsaw architectural studio WXCA, and its important element are reliefs that clearly refer to popular symbols of Polish architecture. There we will find correlations with the Gniezno Doors and the Wawel Castle.
Source: Gazeta
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