Guggenheim Bilbao Museum

The Guggenheim Bilbao Museum is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, constructed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. King Juan Carlos I of Spain opened the museum on October 18, 1997, with an exhibition of 250 modern works of art.

It is one of the numerous museums affiliated with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and offers permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which passes from Bilbao to the Cantabrian Sea. It is one of Spain's largest museums. Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the museum received 315,908 visitors in 2020, a 73 percent decrease from 2019. In 2020, it was rated 73rd on the list of most-visited art museums.

The building has been lauded as a "signal moment in the architectural culture" because it symbolizes "one of those rare instances when critics, scholars, and the general public were all entirely agreed about something", according to architectural critic Paul Goldberger. In the 2010 World Architectural Survey, architecture professionals most commonly rated the museum as one of the most important works created since 1980.

Location: Avenida de Abandoibarra 2, Bilbao-Bilbo, País Vasco Euskadi 48009

Website: guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en