Curie family holiday home to become a place for ‘women’s Nobel’ prizes

Marie Curie's house

Source: © Kulczyk Foundation

Polish billionaire bought French mansion once owned by Marie Skłodowska–Curie and Pierre Curie, and has plans to convert it into a space for women

Polish billionaire Dominika Kulczyk has bought the 19th-century mansion near Paris, France, that was once the holiday home of Marie Skłodowska–Curie and her family. She is planning to convert it into a meeting and working space for women, and use it as a place to award what could be considered to be Nobel prizes solely for women