Oman Across Ages Museum (OAAM) found place in the World’s Most Beautiful Museums List for 2024 by the Prix Versailles, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
The list includes seven newly opened or reopened museums that simultaneously serve creativity, the reflection of local heritage and ecological efficiency, and that leave extraordinary imprints on their environments.
They will all be competing for three 2024 World Titles – Prix Versailles, Interior, and Exterior – whose laureates will be announced at UNESCO Headquarters by late November.
Jérôme Gouadain, Secretary General of the Prix Versailles, said that the momentum established by museum buildings will now be better recognized. “Museums provide singular settings conducive to intercultural dialogue.
Bolstered by technology, they now deliver ever more immersive experiences, participate in the dissemination of knowledge, and help form the tastes of their visitors.
By creating the World’s Most Beautiful Museums List, we also wanted to emphasize the importance of wonder, which elevates the human gaze and allows us to be surprised. Because of what they are, and what they are intended to be, museums fully contribute to the goals of intelligent sustainable development.” The other World Selections – Hotels, Restaurants, Emporiums, Airports, Campuses, Passenger Stations, and Sports – will be announced between July and September.
WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL MUSEUMS LIST 2024
A4 Art Museum Chengdu, China
Grand Egyptian Museum Giza, Egypt
Smritivan Earthquake Museum Bhuj, India
Simoes Art Museum Hiroshima, Japan
Paleis Het Loo Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Oman Across Ages Museum Manah, Oman
Polish History Museum Warsaw, Poland
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