Museum of Contemporary Art opened in Krakow

The building of the Museum of Modern Art in Cracow on November 16 was put into operation. Accommodation of expositions will take several months. The first exhibition devoted to contemporary art, will take place early next year. Despite the work associated with the arrangement of rooms, the museum will take visitors, although at present can offer them only to activities not related to the plastic arts. So, starting from Wednesday everyone can visit and inspect the inside of the building several exhibitions devoted to, inter alia, the history of the area where the museum is located. Official opening of the museum in the spring. At this time, scheduled for just three shows - the international exhibition "History in Art" with the participation of 44 artists who will present an alternative and critical look at the history, the exhibition of young Polish artists, the exhibition, which will consist of works that form the museum's collection. The total area of ??the museum is about ten thousand square meters. Exhibition space is four thousand square feet - four rooms located on two floors of a three-storey building. The underground facilities are shops and two exhibition halls on the first floor - showrooms, on the second - the administrative offices. The museum is located on the territory of the former factory Schindler, a former industrial area of ??Zab1ocie, which in recent years been transformed - from his appearance disappear industrial features, writes Podroze.onet.pl.