Lithuania Approves New Zaha Hadid Designed Guggenheim Museum
Friday, June 20th, 2008
Guggenheim Vilnius Museum via ejpress
The government of Lithuania has approved the construction of a new contemporary art museum for its capital, Vilnius. If the project reaches it’s fund raising goals, the museum would be a joint project between the Guggenheim and the Russian State Hermitage Museum. The renowned Iraqi architect, Zaha Hadid has been selected to design the building, which is projected to open in 2013.
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Coming Soon: Guggenheim Vilnius [NYSun]
New Hermitage-Guggenheim museum in Vilnius to house centre on ‘Litvaks’ [EJPress]
Lithuania Approves Guggenheim Project [NYTimes]
Zaha Hadid to Design Planned Museum in Lithuania [Bloomberg]