The State Hermitage Museum, commonly known as the “Hermitage,” is located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and is one of the largest and best-known museums of fine art and applied arts…
An open museum is an institution that displays collections of buildings and artefacts outside. In the broadest sense, an open museum is any institution that encloses one or more structures,…
Located in London, one of the world’s leading museums, the Design Museum, is devoted to contemporary design in every form. Sir Terence Conran established the museum earnestly intending to educate…
The Louvre, Abu Dhabi, is a museum on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It is designed as a city, with numerous buildings, under a large, all-encompassing canopy-like dome that…
The National Portrait Gallery is more than a beautiful structure and a fantastic museum. It is a landmark in Washington, D.C. During the Civil War, poet Walt Whitman cared for…
In the historic centre of Rouen stands a structure of Neoclassical style known as the Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen, translated as the Fine Arts Museum of Rouen in France.…
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum will open its doors to tourists on May 25, 2023. It was established in 1862, and under Gordon Bunshaft’s design for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,…
Since the 18th and 19th centuries, galleries have played an integral role in the market for creative art. Art exhibitions or galleries are traditionally the spaces where art objects meet…
“Making Art Accessible to All”. With this intention in mind, in 2003, the Louvre decided to create a new, off-site museum – an ‘away-from-base’ Louvre, the Louvre Lens Museum, where an…
The 2010 Pritzker award-winning couple, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa lead the Japanese-based architecture firm SANAA, (Sejima and Nishikawa Architects and Associates). Simple geometry and minimalist language that seeks to…
Relationship between architecture and museum The association between the museum and architecture is an extremely complex subject. Museum work embraces such a wide variety of purposes, approaches, and achievements that…
Gensler is an architecture firm with a global team of multi-disciplinary professionals working together rethinking the future of the cities to create an equitable future for all. With clients and…