River bilbao guggenheim. All reviews modern art richard serra amazing building giant spider frank gehry audio guide the river second floor guggenheim museum great architecture permanent collection on display entrance fee top floor. Frank gehrys guggenheim museum in bilbao. The museums curvaceous titanium clad outer skin getting as much attention if not more as its wonderful collections inside. We used to live with our backs to the river my guide gaetan de backer says as we stand on the puente del arenal overlooking bilbaos snaking waterway.
Get quick answers from guggenheim museum bilbao staff and past visitors. Set on the edge of the nervion river in bilbao spain the guggenheim museum is a fusion of complex swirling forms and captivating materiality that responds to an intricate program. The guggenheim museum bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by canadian american architect frank gehry and located in bilbao basque country spainthe museum was inaugurated on 18 october 1997 by king juan carlos i of spain. For years it was dirty and smelly.
Luis cagiao photographygetty images when he got to bilbao a month before it opened says frank gehry i went over the hill and saw it. Sign up to a bilbao walking tour along the river and have the guggenheim be your destination. Panoramic guggenheim museum azkuna zentroa church of san anton puppy arriaga theatre iberdrola tower san mames stadium uribarri station of metro bilbao fireworks in the aste nagusia fosterito miguel de unamuno square in the casco viejo la salve and bilbao abando railway station. In no doubt significantly boosted when the frank gehrydesigned guggenheim museum came to town.
Within its undulating and reflecting walls on the banks of the nervion river youll find a rotating artistic wonderland of both modern and contemporary art. Explore the guggenheim museum bilbao and plan your visit. Your question will be posted publicly on the questions.