Auschwitz Museum is probably the first museum in the world for which an official flight restriction zone was established. It will make it possible to better protect the authentic site of the former camp as well as the visitors of the Memorial through among others the possibility to control drones flying over the historical area visited each year by over two million people.
'Each year, the interest in flights over the Memorial is increasing and drones make it easier to perform sky photographs even for private individuals. It used to happen that several such machines were used at the same time over former camp site without any knowledge from our part. This was the source of serious questions about the security of both historical objects as well as the people within its premises. It is also important that a drone in the sky, in particular near the groups, simply disturbs the guides and visitors. Due to this fact, already a few years ago, we began to introduce some limitations concerning the use of this technology.
Consents for drone flights are issued nearly exclusively to film crews. They are usually held outside Museum opening hours. However, so far we did not dispose of legal tools to ensure the safety of airspace over the historical post-camp premises for all. It has now changed and – probably as the first museum in the world – we have the possibility to control what is happening above our heads and the heads of our visitors,' said Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz Museum.
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