While the building’s contents are yet to be revealed, it will exhibit design and technology innovations, taking the visitor on a “journey to the year 2071”
The Museum of the Future, a seven-storey hollow silver ellipse decorated with Arabic calligraphy of quotes from Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, and thousands of metres of LED lights, is on Sheikh Zayed Road, the city’s main highway. Already known as the world’s most beautiful building, it opened recently.
The latest addition to the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) collection of flashy architecture features a number of futuristic designs
While its contents are yet to be revealed, it will exhibit design and technology innovations, taking the visitor on a “journey to the year 2071”, organisers said. Signboards described the museum, just minutes away from the world’s tallest construction, the Burj Khalifa, as the “most beautiful building on Earth” ahead of its gala opening.
It is the latest addition to the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) collection of flashy architecture and comes after the USD 7-billion Expo world fair, featuring a number of futuristic designs, opened on Dubai’s outskirts last September.
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