2025's Most Anticipated Museum and Cultural Architecture Openings
In 2025, a series of notable cultural architecture projects are set to debut across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. The Fondation Cartier in Paris will move to a historic site at Place du Palais-Royal, featuring a design by Jean Nouvel and covering 8,500 square meters. Abu Dhabi will unveil the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, designed by Frank Gehry, alongside the Zayed National Museum by Norman Foster in the Saadiyat Cultural District. The New Museum in New York will undergo an expansion by OMA, effectively doubling its exhibition area. Key openings include Prague's Mucha Museum on January 24, the FENIX migration museum in Rotterdam on May 16, and Portugal's Albuquerque Foundation on February 22, with Lisbon's MACAM launching on March 22. These events align with the Osaka Expo on April 13 and the Venice Architecture Biennale on May 10.
Key facts
- Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain moves to Place du Palais-Royal, Paris, designed by Jean Nouvel.
- Guggenheim Abu Dhabi by Frank Gehry and Zayed National Museum by Norman Foster to open in 2025.
- New Museum in New York expands with OMA's first public building, doubling exhibition space.
- Mucha Museum in Prague reopens January 24, 2025, in Palác Savarin.
- FENIX migration museum in Rotterdam opens May 16, 2025, by MAD Architects.
- National Museum of Photography in Rotterdam opens late 2025 in a converted coffee warehouse.
- Albuquerque Foundation in Sintra opens February 22, 2025, with Theaster Gates exhibition.
- MACAM in Lisbon opens March 22, 2025, featuring Armando Martins' collection of over 600 works.
Entities
Artists
- Jean Nouvel
- Frank O. Gehry
- Sir Norman Foster
- Shohei Shigematsu
- Rem Koolhaas
- Ma Yansong
- Theaster Gates
- Renato de Albuquerque
- Armando Martins
- Alain Dominique Perrin
- Valentina Silvestrini
Institutions
- Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain
- Louvre Abu Dhabi
- Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
- Zayed National Museum
- New Museum
- OMA
- SANAA
- MAD Architects
- Mucha Museum
- FENIX
- National Museum of Photography
- Albuquerque Foundation
- Bernardes Arquitetura
- MACAM – Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins
- Droom en Daad Foundation
- Renner Hainke Wirth Zirn Architekten
- WDJARCHITECTEN
- Mecanoo
- teamLab
- Artribune
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Place du Palais-Royal
- Boulevard Raspail
- Abu Dhabi
- United Arab Emirates
- Saadiyat Cultural District
- New York
- United States
- Prague
- Czech Republic
- Palác Savarin
- Rotterdam
- Netherlands
- Katendrecht
- Sintra
- Portugal
- Lisbon
- Osaka
- Japan
- Venice
- Italy
- Doha
- Qatar