Frank Gehry’s Biomuseo Opens in Panama

After undergoing over fifteen years of planning and construction, the “museum of biodiversity” in Panama will celebrate its grand opening tomorrow, October 2!

Biomuseo, Panamá 2014

Frank Gehry-designed entryway

The Smithsonian-affiliated Biomuseo museum has several exhibits in place designed by Bruce Mau, including “Panamarama,” an immersive rainforest experience on multiple screens, and others that showcase Panama’s unique biodiversity. All are housed within Frank Gehry’s multicolored geometric architecture, a work of art in itself that certainly stands out as it sits along the Amador Causeway, a prominent area at the entrance to the Panama Canal in the Pacific Ocean.

Designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, the Biomuseo is his only work in Latin America and the tropics. The building was designed to tell the story of how the isthmus of Panama rose from the sea, uniting two continents, separating a vast ocean in two, and changing the planet’s biodiversity forever.

Biomuseo, Panamá 2014

VIE covered the Biomuseo, as well as much of the beautiful country of Panama, in the 2014 Food and Fashion Issue article “Panama: An Ecotourism Dreamland” by Anne Schultz.

Read the story HERE.

The “Panamarama” exhibit room

Visit BiomuseoPanama.org to learn more about this fascinating museum and its design, or

See more photos here.

{All images courtesy of the Biomuseo}