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Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
Innaugurado el 19 de octubre de 1997
Altura: 57 m
Arquitecto: Frank Gehry
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by former King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Cantabrian Sea, it is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists. It is one of the largest museums in Spain.
One of the most admired works of contemporary architecture, the building has been hailed as a "signal moment in the architectural culture", because it represents "one of those rare moments when critics, academics, and the general public were all completely united about something."[2] The museum was the building most frequently named as one of the most important works completed since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture Survey among architecture experts.
Pip and Joel's vacation to Spain in 2001. Another highlight was our visit to the newest Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. This architectural marvel looks like a strange sea animal exploding out of the river. It's covered in sheets of titanium that look like shingles or scales. You'd be hard pressed to find a right angle. Although the modern art collection is interesting, walking around this beautiful building is the attraction.