Museum boom in Poland

Dorota Jarecka has discerned a new trend in Poland: all of a sudden new art museums are being built again. "Nowadays, art museums are built near shops, cafes and busy pedestrian zones... Poland missed out on a whole era of museum development: the modern one. Not a single museum has been built in 50 years. Now we've moved directly into the next era in which there is no longer a universal type of museum. The way a museum looks depends on local circumstances and historical context. Nowadays, when a new museum of modern art is built in a big city, it's usually right in the centre of the city. The idea of museums melting into the substance of the city has made a comeback - parallel with the changes in art itself. Nowadays art tosses us right into the middle of the torrent of life, offering us little respite or relaxation. Museums are being squashed in between townhalls, operas and department stores, just as they were in the 19th century."

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