On edge of a peninsula, surrounded by the Rhone and the Saone, the aptly named Confluence Museum opens its doors to the "Confluence" Lyon neighborhood popular with architects.
The building, designed by the Austrian firm Coop Himmelb (l) au, is as the encounter between a crystal glass and a stainless cloud and is home to more than two million objects to tell the origin of the world and of humanity.
Heir to the Guimet Museum of Natural History, it combines science societies and eras.
"For us who have all worked together, it's a moment that makes us very proud because it is a wildly beautiful project," said the director of architectural firm Coop Himmelb (l) au Wolf D. Prix.
The story of the origin of humanity comes in four exhibitions and setting eclecticism. You will see the reconstruction of three women aged around 25 000 years from their fossil remains, about 2,500 specimens of animal mummies, Berliet engines, microscopes, meteorites, or Senufos masks.
"It's quite magical, enthuses a young woman. Steps is really happening in stages, with lighting that puts us in a very special atmosphere, and it's really magical, we take full eyes. "
The Confluence Museum opens its doors after 15 years of gestation, and a very annotated increase the initial budget.
But "beyond the financial and architectural polemics," said the special envoy euronews Frédéric Ponsard the Confluence Museum finally opened in Lyon. This is a strong symbol for the city and the city and a museum of a new genre in the 21st century that crosses disciplines and eras. "
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