Traveling Tears: Guggenheim 48009 Bilbao (Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Spain 2013)

Guggenheim 48009 Bilbao (Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Spain 2013)

11:11 AM | Posted by leonel

The Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain was on my bucket list, so I was looking forward to checking it off as I embarked on my last trip. When I finally got there, seeing it for the first time was as good as I imagined it to be. It was breathtakingly beautiful, the facade was an architectural marvel, nothing short of unforgettable. As you can see from my numerous photographs, it is a sight to behold and visiting it has become a life highlight.

Instantly hailed as the most important structure of its time, Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao has celebrated more than a decade of extraordinary success. With over a hundred exhibitions and more than ten million visitors to its credit, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao has changed the way people think about museums, and it continues to challenge assumptions about the connections between art, architecture, and collecting.

The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Cantabrian Sea. The Guggenheim is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The museum features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists.

One of the most admired works of contemporary architecture, the building has been hailed as a "signal moment in the architectural culture", because it represents "one of those rare moments when critics, academics, and the general public were all completely united about something."