New and Improved Museums

On the way..

This year, there will be at least eight new and improved museums opening in different parts of the world.

One of them is the new National Museum of African American History and Culture on 14th Street and Constitution, Washington, DC, US scheduled to open this autumn.

Under Construction

The architect is London based David Adjaye. In an interview with Al Jazeera TV, he says, "I think what the world will see is that the African American story is not a footnote but probably a lens to really understand America, to this day."

Almost there

The only institution of it's kind, the museum is building a collection designed to illustrate the major periods of African-American history, beginning with the origins in Africa and continuing through slavery, reconstruction, the civil rights era, the Harlem Renaissance right up into the 21st Century.

What the 400,000 sq. ft Washington building will look like

Other interesting Museum projects are..

The Palestinian Museum Birzeit, Palestine was scheduled to open in May, 2016, but it's founding director Jack Persekian recently resigned. A new date has yet to be confirmed.

Musee Maillol Paris, France will reopen toward the end of this year. It closed last year when the managing company was declared bankrupt.

New Tate Modern, London's extension will expand the institution's display space by 60% and is scheduled to open on June 17th.

Tate Modern

The other Museums are Met Breuer New York US, Bass Museum of Art Miami Beach, Design Museum London and...San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Museums today are less places of artefact and are more than ever, places of education and ideas.


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