Museum architecture

[citation needed] In the 20th century, museums have been combined with war memorials to serve multiple purposes.

It was designed by Emil Sodersten and John Crust in a contemporary neoclassical style reminiscent of Lutyens with detailing influenced by Art Deco.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, USA (opened in 1959), by Frank Lloyd Wright is an important architectural landmark and icon of the 20th century.

Successful examples of modern architecture being married with existing museum buildings include the Louvre Pyramid by I. M. Pei in Paris, France (1989), and more recently the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court by Norman Foster at the British Museum, London, England (2000).

[7] Information about the conversion was the basis for a 2008 documentary Architects Herzog and de Meuron: Alchemy of Building & Tate Modern.

The Old Ashmolean building in Oxford, an early example of purpose-built museum architecture
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and opened in 1959
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao , Spain