
LOCATION Poland
ATTRACTION TYPE Heritage attraction/historic property
OPENING YEAR 2022
BUDGET €7,500,000
SUMMARY
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum is located on the site of two parts of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Poland. Now works are underway to develop a new Visitor Centre, to help cope with the ever growing number of visitors to the site. The relocation of the Visitor Centre to the new location will enable the creation of a new introductory exhibition in the post-camp building. It aims to provide visitors with insight about the history of the 1930s, the development of Nazism, propaganda and the totalitarian system, and finally the outbreak of war and German policy in occupied Poland. The new centre shall be established near the former Auschwitz I camp, on the site of the former ammunition bunkers of the Polish Army barracks before the outbreak of the war. Once complete in 2022, the new facilities will include additional parking, a new entrance to the museum, added exhibition space, a cinema and hostel for educational purposes and volunteer work. The total cost of the project is estimated to be roughly €7.5 million (PLN 32.6 million).

CONTACTS
ul. Wieźniów Oświęcimia 20
Oświęcim 32-603
Poland
Piotr Cywiński
Museum Director
+48 338 448 003
Aleksandra Hajnos
Project Manager
+48 33 844 80 36
aleksandra.hajnos@auschwitz.org
+48 12 296 2310Zabłocie 25/19
Kraków 30 701
Poland
Marek Kozień
Principal
biuro@kozien.pl