The Bilbao Fine Arts will be expanded in 5,000 meters at its current headquarters

The estimated investment amounts to 22 million euros The Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao, will expand its facilities and exhibition service in 5,000 square feet

The Bilbao Fine Arts will be expanded in 5,000 meters at its current headquarters

The estimated investment amounts to 22 million euros

The Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao, will expand its facilities and exhibition service in 5,000 square feet at its current headquarters in the park of Doña Casilda and acquire an auxiliary building of an additional 3,000 square feet.

This extension has been agreed upon today by the members of the Board of trustees of the museum bilbao in their last meeting of the year in which they have approved in the Strategic Plan of the Museum for the next four years, from 2019 to 2022.

The cost of this expansion has been budgeted at 22 million euros, according to an advance today, the president of the board of trustees and the mayor of Bilbao, Juan María Aburto in a statement without the questions in front of the media at the end of the meeting.

The museum's director, Miguel Zugaza, will inform you tomorrow of the more concrete details of the expansion project that includes the convening of an international competition architectural, as has been clarified today, Aburto.

The objective of this expansion, as pointed out by the rotating president of the board of trustees, which next year will fall on the general deputy of Bizkaia, Unai Rementeria, is "to give a new impetus to the Museum and to their organization."

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Date Of Update: 16 December 2018, 20:01