Solidarity Museum (European Solidarity Centre)

The European Solidarity Centre is a museum and library in , Poland, devoted to the history of Solidarity, the Polish trade union and civil resistance movement, and other opposition movements of Communist Eastern Europe. It opened on 31 August 2014.
ecs.gda.pl
+48 58 772 41 12
Wikipedia
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  • Opening hours:
    May—September: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
    October—April: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: cultural institution
  • Also known as: “ECS”, “ECS Gdańsk”, “ESC”, “European Solidarity Centre”, “Europejskie Centrum Solidarności w Gdańsku”, and “Evropski center solidarnosti”
  • Address: Plac Solidarności 1, Gdańsk, 80-863

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gate No. 2 of the Gdańsk Shipyard and Memorial to Fallen Workers 1970.

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The is one of the gates leading into . Because of the gate's proximity to the Shipyard's management buildings as well as its good access to Gdańsk Main City and , the Gate is commonly considered to be the main entrance to the Shipyard.

Monument
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The Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 was unveiled on 16 December 1980 near the entrance to what was then the in , on the Baltic coast of northern .

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 170 metres east of Solidarity Museum (European Solidarity Centre).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Grodzisko.

Quarter
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The is a quarter of Śródmieście, a district of . It is the oldest area of the city to be granted city rights or privileges.

Neighborhood
Photo: Maciej Błędkowski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, historically known as Góra Gradowa, is a quarter of Śródmieście, a district of .

Quarter
is an island located east of the city center in , . The island is enclosed by the from the north and west and Stepka Channel from the east. It is one of the two islands located on the Motława, alongside .

Solidarity Museum (European Solidarity Centre)

Latitude
54.36135° or 54° 21′ 41″ north
Longitude
18.6494° or 18° 38′ 58″ east
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9F6W9J6X+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 179780270
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
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Wiki­data ID
Q534403
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Solidarity Museum (European Solidarity Centre)” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Еўрапейскі цэнтр «Салідарнасці»”
  • Bulgarian: “Европейски център „Солидарност””
  • Catalan: “Centre Europeu Solidarność”
  • Chinese: “欧洲团结工会中心”
  • Czech: “Evropské centrum Solidarity”
  • Dutch: “European Solidarity Centre”
  • Dutch: “Europees Solidariteitscentrum”
  • Esperanto: “Eŭropa Centro de Solidareco”
  • French: “Centre de la solidarité européenne”
  • French: “Musée Solidarnosc (Centre Européen de la Solidarité)”
  • German: “Europäisches Zentrum der Solidarność”
  • Greek: “Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο Αλληλεγγύης”
  • Greek: “Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο της Αλληλεγγύης”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז הסולידריות האירופי”
  • Irish: “Ionad Dlúthpháirtíochta na hEorpa”
  • Italian: “Centro europeo Solidarność”
  • Italian: “Centro Europeo Solidarność”
  • Korean: “유럽 연대 센터”
  • Polish: “Europejskie Centrum Solidarności”
  • Russian: “Европейский центр Солидарности”
  • Slovak: “Európske centrum Solidarity”
  • Slovenian: “Evropski center Solidarnosti”
  • Spanish: “Centro Europeo de Solidarność”
  • Ukrainian: “Європейський центр Солідарності”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung tâm Đoàn kết Châu Âu”

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Highlights include Wydział Zabaw and Mediateka.

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