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29 May 2013

Art and Architecture: The World’s Most Spectacular Museums

Hamburg, May 28, 2013 – That time-honored institution, the museum, is gradually being superseded. Increasingly, instead of old-fashioned exhibition rooms, it is gigantic event and experience locations that await the visitor. More often than not designed by star architects, many museums now count among the most impressive buildings of our time. As total works of art, it is not just the treasures within that fascinate, but also the breathtaking symbiosis of exhibits and architecture.

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BMW World, Munich
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photo : Anton Schedlbauer

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
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photo : Michael Hierner

Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
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photo : Centre Pompidou-Metz

A selection of the world’s most spectacular museums has now been compiled by a jury of building experts from Emporis, the international provider of building data. The list contains some of the most diverse museum buildings from all over the world – from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, opened in 1959, to the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar.

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