The Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) announced the opening dates for museums in the Cultural District on Saadiyat Island. Louvre opens its doors to visitors in 2015, the Zayed National Museum - in 2016, and the Guggenheim Museum, a branch of the world-famous American Museum of Contemporary Art Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - in 2017. Construction of branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim Museum is an important part of the strategic development plan of the Emirate Abu Dhabi as an international cultural center.

The work on creating a detailed architectural plan for future museums has already been completed, and now the experts responsible for the project will be engaged in creating a list ksponatov to fill the vast exhibition space.

"Louvre Abu Dhabi» (Louvre Abu Dhabi), the design of which involved the owner of the Pritzker Prize, Jean Nouvel, will be the first museum in the Arab world to introduce visitors to the works of art from different civilizations and cultures . The area of ​​the galleries for permanent exhibitions will be 6 thousand square meters, for additional exhibitions will be allocated 2 thousand square meters . Here will be exhibited paintings, sculptures, manuscripts and other objects trough history and cultural value of the ancient times to the present day . The main element of the design of the Louvre Abu Dhabi will be the 180-meter-high dome . rugged lace ornaments dome allows natural light to pass into the space and refract within .

National Museum all Zayed Anyone will be able to learn about the life of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and plunge with a rich history of the United Arab Emirates . museum project, the outlines of which resemble the wings of a falcon, belongs to the world-renowned architect Norman Foster . no seven permanent galleries, exhibition halls, as well as a library . TDIC representatives also held a series of meetings with art critics from seven emirates who provided artifacts for the exhibition, some of which date back to the 2nd millennium BC .

Museum Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi, the project of which is engaged the world-famous architect Frank Gehry, famous for his project of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (Spain), will be the fifth and largest branch of the New York museum. Abu Dhabi will have its own collection of works of art, but other museums of the Foundation will periodically send their exhibits here

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