European Solidarity Centre

The European Solidarity Centre (Polish: Europejskie Centrum Solidarności) is a museum and library in Gdańsk, Poland, devoted to the history of Solidarity, the Polish trade union and civil resistance movement, and other opposition movements of Communist Eastern Europe.

[1] The design of the building, by Polish firm FORT Architects, was the winner of an international competition held in 2007.

The walls evoke the hulls of ships built at the Gdańsk Shipyard.

[1] The opening ceremony took place on 31 August 2014, on the anniversary of the signing of the Gdańsk Agreement, the 1980 victory for striking shipyard workers which led to Solidarity's foundation.

[3] The centre awards Medals of Gratitude to foreigners who assisted the Polish opposition to Communism.