Nomadic Museum

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The Nomadic Museum in Santa Monica, California in 2006
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The Nomadic Museum in Santa Monica, California in 2006

The Nomadic Museum is the name given to a temporary structure composed of 156 shipping containers, housing the "Ashes and Snow" photography exhibit of Gregory Colbert. The structure was built on Pier 54 in New York City to house the exhibit in 2005, then was dismantled, moved to, and reassembled in Santa Monica, California in early 2006.

The structure, an example of the unusual field of shipping container architecture, was designed by architect Shigeru Ban and engineers Buro Happold, and the exhibition is supported by the philanthropic arm of Rolex. The exhibitors claim the structure will be dismantled and shipped to additional locations after the Santa Monica exhibition closes in May 2006.

[edit] External links

  • [1] - exhibition web page on the structure itself
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