NMoQ listed in world’s Top 10 museums of 2019
In yet another honor for the country, the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) has been named among the top 10 museums and cultural venues of 2019 by Designboom, a leading web magazine on art and architecture.
The iconic museum was officially inaugurated by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in March last year.
The architectural masterpiece is designed by Pritzker Prize-winning French architect, Jean Nouvel and mirrors the nation’s rich past, remarkable present, and highly promising future.
Designboom recognized NMoQ as one of the top 10 museums and cultural venues in the world in its feature article "Big Stories of 2019."
The website writes, "In March (2019), the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) opened to the public. Designed by Jean Nouvel, the winding gallery offers a journey through a series of unique, encompassing environments including architectural space, music, poetry, archaeological objects, commissioned artworks, monumentally-scaled art films, and more."
"In total, 11 galleries take visitors from the formation of the Qatar peninsula millions of years ago to the nation’s present. Giving voice to the nation’s rich heritage and culture and expressing the aspirations of its people, NMoQ will provide diverse educational opportunities for Qatar and advance the nation’s cultural vision on the global stage," designboom.com adds.
At the end of every year since 2013, designboom has compiled the most talked-about projects from the previous 12 months as part of its BIG stories series.
The feature piece mentions that 2019 was a standout year for the typology with several much-anticipated projects opening in all corners of the globe.
"Bold designs characterize the designs, with established names collaborating with institutions to bring their creative visions to life."
The designboom is based in Milan, Beijing and New York and has gained a global reach of 3.5 million readers and 450,000 newsletter subscribers. Founded in Milan in 1999, designboom is the world's first and most popular digital architecture and design magazine.
Earlier, in August 2019, the highly prestigious Time Magazine had also recognized the National Museum of Qatar as one of the World's 100 Greatest Places for 2019.
The destination museum "uses immersive video screens and dioramas to take the visitors on a mile-long journey through the peninsula's history, from geology to pearl-diving, to Bedouin life and finally back to geology - namely, to the discovery of the oil and gas that enriched the kingdom and paved the way for groundbreaking structures like this one," Time Magazine had said.
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