The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw is a national cultural insitution established by the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Poland on the 29th of April 2005. On the 30th of October 2005 the municipal authorities of the City of Warsaw and the Ministry of Culture signed an agreement on shared management of the Museum. The agreement determines the managerial, organizational and financial basis of the Museum as well as the guidelines for investing in and erecting the Museum’s building designed by Christian Kerez.