http://www.museumlab.org/2008/04/11/guggenheim-empire-loses-second-las-vegas-branch/ news, developments and observations on museum innovation Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:59:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.museumlab.org/2008/04/11/guggenheim-empire-loses-second-las-vegas-branch/#comment-7138 boston Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:52:37 +0000 http://www.museumlab.org/2008/04/11/guggenheim-empire-loses-second-las-vegas-branch/#comment-7138 Las Vegas (-2), Lithuania (+1). So we are about to lose both Guggenheims in Las Vegas after seven years of struggle, but plans to work with Zaha Hadid in Vilnius, Lithuania are moving full-speed ahead. According to Artforum.com this week, there will be a new Guggenheim in Lithuania by 2011, with an expected three to four hundred visitors a year. If plans are approved. Never seemed like a very good idea to open two in the same city back in 2001, but now that TK will officially be "moved to the 13th floor" - it's Abu Dhabi-Doo, and there could be more. Las Vegas (-2), Lithuania (+1). So we are about to lose both Guggenheims in Las Vegas after seven years of struggle, but plans to work with Zaha Hadid in Vilnius, Lithuania are moving full-speed ahead. According to Artforum.com this week, there will be a new Guggenheim in Lithuania by 2011, with an expected three to four hundred visitors a year. If plans are approved. Never seemed like a very good idea to open two in the same city back in 2001, but now that TK will officially be “moved to the 13th floor” - it’s Abu Dhabi-Doo, and there could be more.

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