Architects from Poland and abroad have been invited to submit ideas on how to expand the Warsaw Uprising Museum, which tells the story of a bloody World War II insurgency.

Warsaw Uprising Museum head Jan Ołdakowski (right) and deputy head Dariusz Gawin (left) give a press conference in Warsaw on Thursday. Photo: PAP/Rafał Guz

The design competition announced in the Polish capital on Thursday is open to both architectural studios and individual architects, Poland’s PAP news agency reported.

The Warsaw museum, which opened in 2004, needs to expand because it is running out of space amid constantly growing attendance, its deputy director Dariusz Gawin told reporters.

About 700,000 people visit the museum a year, Gawin said on Thursday.

The winning design will receive PLN 66,000 (around EUR 15,250, USD 17,700) in prize money and an invitation to negotiate a contract to handle the expansion project, according to the PAP agency.

The Warsaw Uprising was a bloody WWII insurgency against the Polish capital's German occupiers. It resulted in the death of some 18,000 Polish fighters and 200,000 civilians.

The uprising began on August 1, 1944 and lasted 63 days before being put down by better equipped and more numerous German forces.

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Source: PAP