Guggenheim

Address: Abandoibarra Hiribidea 2

Postal code: 48009

City: Bilbao

Telephone: +34 94 435 9000

Website: https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es

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The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by North American architect Frank O. Gehry, is a magnificent example of the most groundbreaking architecture to have come out of the 20th century. The building itself is an innovatively designed architectural landmark that creates a seductive backdrop for the exhibition of contemporary art.

Museo Guggenheim Bilbao's first exhibit included a collection of over 250 examples of cubist, futurist, constructivist and other 20th-century art movements. There's a permanent collection of late 20th-century art featuring more of the century's best creative talents including young Basque and Spanish artists. Frank O. Gerhy designed this complex with its spectacular curtains of glass, stone curves, titanium and glass walls, walkways hanging from the ceiling, transparent elevators and immense open spaces. Various activities, seminars and workshops are conducted for children throughout the year. There's a bookshop, a gift shop, cloakroom, library, restaurant and cafeteria.

Guggenheim on the map of Bilbao