It’s official: the Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum opens in November 2017. After 10 years of waiting and five of slowdowns and delays, the project of the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, one of the most ambitious in the world, has finally come to fruition, with a final cost close to one billion euros. On 11 November 2017, the universal museum, which will act as a bridge between eastern and western culture, will open its doors, revealing its beauties and treasures to the whole world. Behind so much splendor, there is the name of one of the most famous architects in the world, Jean Nouvel, winner of the Pritzker Prize.
The Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum opens in November 2017, after so many years of waiting and expectations. Announced in 2007, the complex suffered severe slowdowns due to the crisis, which postponed the inauguration, initially from 2012 to 2015 and finally to 2017. Mohamed Khalifa Al-Mubarak, president of the Tourism and Culture Authority of Abu Dhabi announced that the Louvre of Abu Dhabi it will be a universal museum, therefore a meeting point between eastern and western culture. The target? To place the capital of the Arab Emirates at the center of the international art scene.
The location is also strategic. The Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi it is found in theSaadiyat Island, the cultural district of Abu Dhabi, where museums of the highest level such as lo Zayed National Museum, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi as well as the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
The Museum is a real architectural masterpiece. The protagonist of the scene is the silver dome which, with its 180 meters in diameter, dominates the entire structure. The complex geometry, made up of almost 8000 metallic stars, lets the sunlight penetrate, projecting it both inside and outside, through star-shaped light beams, which vary according to the time and season. At the same time, the 8 layers of steel protect the structure from the prohibitive temperatures of the desert.
“The Louvre Abu Dhabi will open in two months after eleven years of studies and construction, guests will enter a place of light, a revelatory meeting place of a planetary number of cultures spanning seas and centuries. It is an architecture that protects its treasures, it is a tribute to the Arab city, to its poetry through geometry and light, and, under its immense dome, there is an evocation of temporality that inexorably marks the hours, the days , and the passage of our lives ”- declared the architect.
In addition to the 23 art galleries of the permanent collection, the museum includes exhibition spaces for temporary exhibitions, a museum area dedicated to children, a restaurant, a boutique and a café.
It’s official: the Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum opens in November 2017. After 10 years of waiting and five of slowdowns and delays, the project of the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, one of the most ambitious in the world, has finally come to fruition, with a final cost close to one billion euros. On 11 November 2017, the universal museum, which will act as a bridge between eastern and western culture, will open its doors, revealing its beauties and treasures to the whole world. Behind so much splendor, there is the name of one of the most famous architects in the world, Jean Nouvel, winner of the Pritzker Prize.
The Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum opens in November 2017, after so many years of waiting and expectations. Announced in 2007, the complex suffered severe slowdowns due to the crisis, which postponed the inauguration, initially from 2012 to 2015 and finally to 2017. Mohamed Khalifa Al-Mubarak, president of the Tourism and Culture Authority of Abu Dhabi announced that the Louvre of Abu Dhabi it will be a universal museum, therefore a meeting point between eastern and western culture. The target? To place the capital of the Arab Emirates at the center of the international art scene.
The location is also strategic. The Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi it is found in theSaadiyat Island, the cultural district of Abu Dhabi, where museums of the highest level such as lo Zayed National Museum, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi as well as the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
The Museum is a real architectural masterpiece. The protagonist of the scene is the silver dome which, with its 180 meters in diameter, dominates the entire structure. The complex geometry, made up of almost 8000 metallic stars, lets the sunlight penetrate, projecting it both inside and outside, through star-shaped light beams, which vary according to the time and season. At the same time, the 8 layers of steel protect the structure from the prohibitive temperatures of the desert.
“The Louvre Abu Dhabi will open in two months after eleven years of studies and construction, guests will enter a place of light, a revelatory meeting place of a planetary number of cultures spanning seas and centuries. It is an architecture that protects its treasures, it is a tribute to the Arab city, to its poetry through geometry and light, and, under its immense dome, there is an evocation of temporality that inexorably marks the hours, the days , and the passage of our lives ”- declared the architect.
In addition to the 23 art galleries of the permanent collection, the museum includes exhibition spaces for temporary exhibitions, a museum area dedicated to children, a restaurant, a boutique and a café.
