Museum of Contemporary Art on the basis of the former hydroelectric power station-2, located at Bolotnaya Square will open in 2019, said the president and founder of the investor of the future project - Fund "Victoria - The art of being a modern" (VAC) - Leonid Michelson, who is also chairman of the board "Novatek" .
During the restoration of the building of HPP-2 plan to restore the original appearance: clear from later accretions and additions, to restore the lost decoration of facades, to recreate the most distinctive element of the building - the completion of a pointed turret clock.
It is expected that the new museum and education center will take 750 thousand people per year. It will create about 500 new jobs. At the Academy of underground space will occupy an area of 26.4 thousand square meters.