Dubai, Feb 22 (AFP\/APP):Dubai opened its Museum of the Future on Tuesday, a structure it touts as the world’s most beautiful building.<\/p>\n
The museum is a seven-storey hollow silver ellipse decorated with Arabic calligraphy quotes from Dubai’s ruler. It takes pride of place on Sheikh Zayed Road, the city’s main highway.<\/p>\n
The building’s striking facade was lit up by a colourful laser light show in the evening as crowds gathered outside to catch a glimpse.<\/p>\n
It was officially opened later by Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, whose vision of the future has been credited as the driving force behind the museum.<\/p>\n
While the museum’s contents are yet to be revealed, it will exhibit design and technology innovations, taking the visitor on a “journey to the year 2071”, organisers said.<\/p>\n
Roadside signboards described the museum — just minutes away from the world’s tallest construction, the Burj Khalifa — as the “most beautiful building on Earth” ahead of its gala opening.<\/p>\n
It is the latest addition to the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) collection of flashy architecture and comes after the $7-billion Expo world fair, featuring a swathe of futuristic designs, opened on Dubai’s outskirts on September 30.<\/p>\n
The UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi is home to another landmark design, a branch of France’s Louvre museum, whose licence was extended by a decade last year to 2047 at a cost of 165 million euros ($186 million).<\/p>\n
After French President Emmanuel Macron opened the Louvre Abu Dhabi in late 2017, it attracted about two million visitors in its first two years before Covid hit.<\/p>\n
The UAE is a major oil exporter but also a big player in business, trade, transport and tourism, diversifying to reduce its reliance on crude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dubai, Feb 22 (AFP\/APP):Dubai opened its Museum of the Future on Tuesday, a structure it touts as the world’s most beautiful building. The museum is a seven-storey hollow silver ellipse decorated with Arabic calligraphy quotes from Dubai’s ruler. It takes pride of place on Sheikh […]<\/p>\n
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