Acropolis Museum among 20 best in the world

The Acropolis Museum in Athens has been included on a list of the 20 most amazing museums in the world, compiled by the editors of online architectural magazine Archdaily, as GTP website reports. The list was announced in honor of International Museum Day.

The design, by Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi, is itself an allegory of unification: 
the Acropolis Museum [Credit: GETTY]

"We've collected twenty fascinating museums well worth visiting again,” the architects noted in regards to the list that includes "classics - such as Bernard Tschumi Architects' New Acropolis Museum and Zaha Hadid Architects' MAXXI Museum - as well as lesser-known gems – such as Waterford City Council Architects' Medieval Museum, the Natural History Museum of Utah by Ennead, and the Muritzeum by Wingardhs."

"With 8,000 square meters of exhibition space and a full range of visitor amenities, the Acropolis Museum tells the story of life on the Athenian Acropolis and its surroundings by uniting collections formerly dispersed in multiple institutions, including the small Acropolis Museum built in the 19th century," the architects said.

They refer to the museum's features, which are designed with spare horizontal lines and utmost simplicity.

"The Museum is deliberately non-monumental, focusing the visitor's attention on extraordinary works of art. With the greatest possible clarity, the design translates programmatic requirements into architecture," according to the editors of Archdaily. 

Source: ANSA [May 20, 2014]

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