Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, Art museum in The Venetian resort, Nevada, United States
The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum was a 7,660 sq ft (712 m2) museum designed by Rem Koolhaas inside The Venetian resort on the Las Vegas Strip. It consisted of four gallery rooms and was nicknamed the "Jewel Box". Its exterior was a single wall of corten steel, and it had entrances from both the Strip and the hotel interior.
The museum opened on October 7, 2001, as a collaboration between the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. This partnership brought together two renowned art institutions in a Las Vegas setting.
The museum hosted ten exhibitions between 2001 and 2008, opening with 45 paintings from the Guggenheim and Hermitage collections, among them Monet, Picasso, Renoir and Van Gogh. Later shows brought Kremlin items from the 16th and 17th centuries, a Rubens group with Van Dyck and Jordaens, and the first single-artist show, devoted to photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
The museum was situated on the Las Vegas Strip and drew over one million visitors during its operation, with the vast majority being tourists. Its central location made it easily accessible for those exploring the Strip.
The venue brought together collections from two separate museum systems and displayed works by artists such as Van Gogh, Picasso, and Monet. This arrangement allowed European masterworks to find a home within a Las Vegas resort.
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