Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao / Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa
	The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, along the Nervión Estuary in central Bilbao
Established	18 October 1997; 27 years ago
Location	Abando, Bilbao, Spain
Coordinates	43°16′07″N 2°56′02″W / 43.26861°N 2.93389°W
Type	Art museum
Visitors	318,732 visitors (2020) down 45 percent from 2019, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Director	Juan Ignacio Vidarte
Public transit access	Bilbao tram
Website	www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern art. It is in Abando, Bilbao, Spain. The museum was opened in 1997. It is one of the several museums belonging to Solomon R. Guggenheim foundation. This museum was designed by the architect Frank Gehry. There are no flat surfaces in this building. The structure of the building is made of glass, titanium, and limestone.

"Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao not only changed the way that architects and people think about museums, but also boosted Bilbao’s economy with its astounding success."^[2]

The museum has three aims in its mission. The museum wants to bring together and help the public to interpret the arts of our time. They want to encourage art education. They also want to increase the knowledge of the public's understanding of the arts.^[3] The collections at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao have works by the some of the most famous artists of the past four decades. There are works of many genres including Minimalism, Pop Art, Conceptual Art and Abstract Expressionism. Spanish contemporary and Basque art are also displayed from some of the local and regional artists.

There are over one hundred exhibitions in the museum. There have been approximately ten million visitors to the museum.