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Alvar Aalto Museum - FINLAND

The Alvar Aalto Museum, a special museum of architecture, was founded in 1966. It is housed in a building designed by Aalto and completed in 1973. The museum has also been in charge of the Muuratsalo Experimental House since 1994.

Arkitekturmuseet - SWEDEN

Arkitekturmuseet is a national authority which shall illustrate architecture, urban planning and urban settlement research.

Canadian Centre for Architecture - CANADA

The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is an international research centre and museum founded by Phyllis Lambert in 1979 on the conviction that architecture is a public concern.

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona - SPAIN

The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) organizes and produces exhibitions, debates, festivals and concerts, programmes film cycles, courses and lectures, and encourages creation using new technologies and languages.

Centre Pompidou - FRANCE

The Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou was the brainchild of President Georges Pompidou who wanted to create an original cultural institution in the heart of Paris completely focused on modern and contemporary creation, where the visual arts would rub shoulders with theatre, music, cinema, literature and the spoken word. Housed in the centre of Paris in a building designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, whose architecture symbolises the spirit of the 20th century, the Centre Pompidou first opened its doors to the public in 1977.

Croatian Museum of Architecture - CROATIA

The museum was founded in 1995 as a result of the expansion of the Department of Fine Arts' Cabinet for Architecture and Urban Planning, whose rich collection of archival materials became the initial collection of the museum.

DAZ - Deutsches Architektur Zentrum - GERMANY

The DAZ in Berlin is dedicated to the promotion of architecture and building culture. The centre is commited to the introduction and discussion of current positions in architecture. The DAZ program consists of two main components: the DAZ_AGENDA and the DAZ_FORUM...

Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw - POLAND

The Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw is a founder-member of the International Federation of Architectural Museums (ICAM). The museum plays an important role as a cultural institutions where – apart from exhibitions – festivals, concerts, theatrical performances and promotions of the latest technology connected with architecture are held.

Museum of Finnish Architecture - FINLAND

The fundamental task of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, one of Finland's national specialist museums, is to collect and distribute knowledge about architecture and increase its understanding among the general public as well as experts. It is an information centre for topical architectural practice, research and critique, oriented toward the future even as it records history.

National Museum of Art Architecture and Design - NORWAY

The first statutory board meeting of The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design was held on 11th February 2003. In July the same year, the museum was established as a foundation. This meeting marked the amalgamation of The Norwegian Museum of Architecture, The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, The Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Gallery.

Nederlands Architectuurinstituut - NETHERLANDS

The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) is more than a museum of architecture. It is a above all a cultural institute which is open to the public and which uses a variety of methods for communicating about the shaping of human space.

Swiss Architecture Museum - SWITZERLAND

S AM is located in the Kunsthalle Basel - a central location that draws a broad cultural public. The museum will take an active role to direct questions regarding the built environment to a wide audience.

Vitra Design Museum - GERMANY

The inception of the Vitra Design Museum dates back to the early 1980s. With the aim of documenting the history of the Vitra company, Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum began collecting the furniture of designers who had influenced the company's development, such as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alvar Aalto, and Jean Prouvé. As the collection grew, so did the desire for an architectural venue in which the objects could be displayed.