Guggenheim Museum Bilbao celebrates its silver jubilee

The museum looks like a ship docked on the banks of the Nervion River.

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The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, is a magnet for lovers of contemporary art.

It is famous for the curves, which appear on the building randomly, and the surfaces made of titanium panels reflect the sun’s rays in gold and silver, and the structural structures rise fantastically towards the sky. in the Atlantic Ocean.

The visitor to the museum sees the splendor of the architecture, and this piece of art was designed by the architect Frank Gehry, to participate in a competition for the comprehensive cultural renewal of the city of Bilbao.

After four years of construction, the museum opened in October 1997, and this year the museum celebrates the 25th anniversary of its opening, or what is known as the “silver jubilee,” after it became a source of pride and a wonderful icon of the old industrial city.

This museum gave Bilbao the initial impetus to transform from an industrial city into a global tourist destination, and the “Bilbao Effect” has even become a specific term for “architects developing cities by creating magnificent buildings.”

"By designing this museum, Frank Gehry put Bilbao on the world tourism map for culture lovers, and it has become an iconic image similar to the Sydney Opera House, in addition to the common name Guggenheim," said Falck Geiger, a professor of architecture in the German capital, Berlin.

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