A cultural institution and multifunctional museum and education facility at pl. Solidarności 1 in Gdańsk, next to Gate No. 2 of the Gdańsk Shipyard, dedicated to the heritage of the Solidarity movement and the anti-communist opposition in Central and Eastern Europe. The institution was established on the basis of an agreement of 8 November 2007, concluded between the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Pomorskie Voivodeship, the City of Gdańsk, the NSZZ "Solidarność" trade union and the Solidarity Centre Foundation. The construction site was handed over to the general contractor on 6 October 2010, and the ceremonial opening of the new seat took place on 30 August 2014. The architectural design was selected in a competition won by the Gdańsk studio Fort (Wojciech Targowski, Paweł Czarzasty, Piotr Mazur, Antoni Taraszkiewicz). The beneficiary and investor of the construction was the Municipality of the City of Gdańsk; the total value of the project amounted to PLN 225,809,935.46, including maximum funding from European Union funds of PLN 107,532,549.59.
How it went
Assessment: settled, as of 19 Jul 2026. This is our reading, not a verdict, and we show it only where a quote from a source listed below stands behind it. Of the four, one carries no assessment yet, one has an assessment with no confirmed quote. How to read this section
A “wiki” mark means the value stands on Wikipedia alone. Our count of independent sources treats it as zero, so read such a place as less firmly documented than the rest of the card – that applies to an outcome row, a figure, a date and a status alike.
Timeline
Change history
- 30 Aug 2014stage: operational
- 6 Oct 2010stage: construction
Significance
The European Solidarity Centre has become one of the most important institutions of culture and national remembrance in Poland and a flagship attraction of Gdańsk, commemorating the Solidarity movement and the peaceful opposition to communism. The ceremonial inauguration on 30–31 August 2014 was attended by, among others, President Bronisław Komorowski and Lech Wałęsa. The facility houses a permanent exhibition, an archive, a library and educational and conference spaces. According to data from the City of Gdańsk, since its opening in 2014 the institution has been visited by over 6.2 million people, and over 1.3 million have toured the permanent exhibition, which makes the ECS one of the most frequently visited museums in the region.
Sources 6 · 4 independent · 6 archived
Every fact on this card comes from the sources below. Next to each source – which fields it supports.
Independence is counted the same way the gate that admits a record counts it: subdomains and titles from one publisher are a single voice, Wikipedia is zero. That is why the number is lower than the number of links. Three is the minimum.
A “wiki” mark means the value stands on Wikipedia alone. Our count of independent sources treats it as zero, so read such a place as less firmly documented than the rest of the card – that applies to an outcome row, a figure, a date and a status alike.
- Gdańsk.pl (Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku)StatusCostConstruction startFundingDelivery
Status · Deliveryuroczyste otwarcie nowej siedziby ECS – odbyło się w dniach 30-31.08.2014 r.
CostCałkowita wartość Projektu: 225 809 935,46 zł
Construction startplac budowy przekazano Generalnemu Wykonawcy w dniu 06.10.2010 r.
FundingMaksymalne dofinansowanie z funduszy UE: 107 532 549,59 zł
Funding- wkład własny 119 762 903,88 zł.
- Wikipedia (pl)AnnouncedDeliveryInvestorSchedule
Announcedpowołana na podstawie umowy z dnia 8 listopada 2007
DeliveryOtwarcie nastąpiło 30 sierpnia 2014
Investorzawartej między Ministrem Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Województwem Pomorskim, Miastem Gdańsk, Niezależnym Samorządnym Związkiem Zawodowym „Solidarność” i Fundacją Centrum Solidarności
ScheduleUkończenie budowy nastąpiło rok później w stosunku do tego, co zostało założone podczas podpisywania umowy z firmą Polimex-Mostostal jesienią 2010 roku
- Gdańsk.pl (Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku)2022Stage
StageECS od otwarcia odwiedziło już ponad 6,2 mln osób, a ponad 1.3 mln zwiedziło wystawę stałą.
- dzieje.pl (PAP)31 Aug 2014
- Rzeczpospolita26 Aug 2024Status
StatusBudowa ruszyła w 2010 roku i zakończyła się po 4 latach. Wykonawcą wartego 230 mln zł budynku była firma Polimex-Mostostal.
- MuratorPLUS23 May 2016