Opening of Museo Soumaya | Mexico City [HD]

http://www.vernissage.tv | Watch President Felipe Calderón and Larry King inaugurating Carlos Slim's Soumaya museum in Mexico City. The museum has been designed by architectes FREE Fernando Romero. By VernissageTV correspondent Jacinto Astiazaran.

More info: http://vernissage.tv/blog/2011/03/04/inaugural-opening-of-museo-soumaya-in-me...

On March 1, 2011, the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City opened the doors of its new building with an inaugural event. The Museo Soumaya is a private art museum that was founded in 1994 by the Carlos Slim Foundation. It houses art collected by billionaire Carlos Slim and his late wife Soumaya. The collection includes sculptures by Rodin and Dalí, European paintings from the 15th through the 20th century, and Mexican art.
The 20,000 square meters of exhibition space are divided among five floors. There are also an auditorium, a cafe, offices, a gift shop, a multipurpose lobby, and storage space. The top floor of the Museo Soumaya is the largest space in the museum. Its roof is suspended from a cantilever that allows natural daylight in. The facade of the asymmetrical building is made from hexagonal aluminium modules. The museum has been designed by architectes FREE Fernando Romero.

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[CenturionTolteca]

esta es una obra impresionante!

que orgullo ser mexicano!

[MarlenLife]

@DelPiero10x1991 Desfachatez es hacer un complejo de esta magnitud en un país con la mitad de sus habitantes viviendo en la pobreza - eso es desfachatez

[MarlenLife]

@romeoon7 a 'beautiful' 300 million dollar place in a country where 50 million mexicans live in poverty - how BEAUTIFUL!

[romeoon7]

i went on april 11 and its beautiful

[Yojimbo707]

Amazing!

[DelPiero10x1991]

El ultimo piso es una desfachates! parece que la usarón de bodega y arrojarón las esculturas al "hay se vá!" espero puedan concluirlo, porque al parecer la inauguración solo fue un capricho de Slim, porque todavía la falta mucho.

[mergedbear]

Faltan acabar esos bordes!!! Y el cesped de afuera.