Museums

Under construction: Astrup Fearnley Museum by Renzo Piano, Oslo

By Henrietta Thompson Last updated 20 October 22

The Ashmolean museum, Oxford

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Apple announces new public AR art project in cities across the globe

The tech titan collaborates with a star cast of artists – all virgin AR experimenters – for a cross-continental initiative that explores the medium's creative potential

By Nick Compton Last updated 20 October 22

A bright new age: the Rijksmuseum reopens after a 10 year renovation

By Yoko Choy Last updated 20 October 22

A first look inside BIG’s watch museum for Audemars Piguet in Switzerland

Bjarke Ingels Group has designed a spiralling museum for the Swiss watchmakers in the Jura Mountains

By Caragh McKay Last updated 20 October 22

Grande Landes museum, France

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Fumihiko Maki creates a minimalist, angular home for the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto

By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated 20 October 22

Daniel Libeskind’s MO Museum opens in Vilnius, Lithuania

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

The Acropolis Museum, Athens

By Chris Sullivan Last updated 20 October 22

Model citizen: a cathartic return to the Richard Meier Model Museum

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 20 October 22

We tour Thomas Phifer’s completed Glenstone Museum in Potomac

By Ian Volner Last updated 20 October 22

Herzog & de Meuron’s mighty MKM Museum Küppersmühle extension

Tour the new extension at the MKM Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg, Germany, a cultural hub courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Natural History Museum of Utah

By Marc Kristal Last updated 20 October 22

The Liyang Museum in China draws on the region’s culture and traditions

Flowing and organic, the new Liyang Museum in China, designed by architecture firm CROX, is inspired by the city's cultural heritage and environment

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Lisbon is about to get a new Museum for Art, Architecture and Technology

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

John Pawson’s plans for new Design Museum unveiled

By Emma O'Kelly Last updated 20 October 22

Dark arts: a new museum dedicated to Pierre Soulages echoes the artist's colour palette

By Adrian Dannatt Last updated 20 October 22

Fashion and Lace Museum, Calais

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Mariam Issoufou Kamara to design Bët-bi museum in Senegal

Mariam Issoufou Kamara, founder of Atelier Masōmī in Niger, has been selected by a jury to lead the design of the new Bët-bi museum in the Senegambia region of West Africa

By Hannah Silver Last updated 20 October 22

Wang Shu’s Lin’an Museum combines tradition and modernity in China

Inspired by Chinese landscape paintings and vernacular architecture, the Lin'an Museum designed by Amateur Architecture Studio uses traditional materials and building techniques to forge a modern museum

By Austin Williams Last updated 20 October 22

Architect Louis Kahn's gift for form and light is explored at London's Design Museum

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Snøhetta goes underground at the Ordrupgaard Art Museum

Snøhetta unveils new subterranean extension at the Ordrupgaard Art Museum in Denmark

By Shawn Adams Last updated 20 October 22

National Museum of African American History and Culture prepares to open in Washington, DC

By Amanda Kolson Hurley Last updated 20 October 22

The Athens Olympic Museum opens its doors

The new Athens Olympic Museum in Greece is about to open – courtesy of KLab and Mulo Creative Lab – combining culture and sports in a minimalist, yet rich spatial experience

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22