Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The Chopin Museum



The Chopin Museum just opened in Warsaw to celebrate the bicentenary of the composer's birth.
The museum holds a collection selected from over 5,000 items belonging to the
fryderyk chopin institute, and was conceived as a reference point of the chopin year celebrations
and will become the main centre for artistic activities which draw on the work of chopin.
located inside dell'ostrogski palace, the historic complex was built in 1600, with expansions
made in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, and was rebuilt in 1949 - 1954.
the overall aim of the project was to change the traditional perception of the museum.
migliore + servetto architetti asociati, took up the challenge set by the museum, designing a space
where visitors can freely explore the creative process of chopin as a man, composer and pianist.

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