Top 10 Museums Opened in 2021: A Global Architectural Survey

Valentina Silvestrini of Artribune presents a year-end ranking of the ten most notable museums inaugurated in 2021, focusing on architectural merit and cultural impact. The list includes: M+ in Hong Kong (Herzog & de Meuron), the world's largest museum dedicated to modern and contemporary Asian visual arts; Bourse de Commerce in Paris (Tadao Ando), housing François Pinault's collection; Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam (MVRDV), the first fully publicly accessible art storage facility; GES-2 in Moscow (Renzo Piano Building Workshop), a former power plant turned cultural center for the V–A–C Foundation; Kunsthaus Zürich (David Chipperfield), now Switzerland's largest art museum; Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark (Kengo Kuma); Munch Museum in Oslo (Estudio Herreros), a sustainable tower housing multiple versions of "The Scream"; Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin (David Chipperfield Architects), meticulously restored with 35,000 original components; Fellini Museum in Rimini, Italy (Studio Azzurro, Orazio Carpenzano, Studio Tommaso Pallaria), a diffuse museum across multiple sites; and MAXXI L'Aquila, a new branch of Rome's contemporary art museum in a restored 18th-century palazzo. The article notes that due to travel restrictions, the ranking serves as a virtual survey of architectural achievements.