MAXXI - National Art Museum of the 21st Century

MAXXI (National Museum of Art of the XXI Century) , located at Via Guido Reni, 4a, 00196 Roma RM, Italy, is one of the most outstanding “new” art platforms of the 21st century. If you have the opportunity to set foot in Italy, this is one of the destinations that tourists need to experience for themselves, as well as visit to feel the outstanding development of the new era.

MAXXI (National Museum of Art of the XXI Century) is Italy's first public institution dedicated to modern art and architecture. It is not only a place to showcase art and architecture, but also a place to study language, fashion and film, as well as develop links between art under the motto of innovation, diversity. culture and multidisciplinary cooperation. In addition to the exhibition area, the building also has ancillary services such as an auditorium, library, media, cafe, restaurant. Zaha Hadid (an Iraqi-British female architect who won the Pritzker Prize in 2004) and her associates designed this project.

Viewed from above, the building complex appears to be a long row of box tubes, stacked on top of each other, creating an extremely unique moving architectural language, contrasting clearly with the surrounding buildings. The work is like a sculpture, depicting the complex flow of life, moving, expanding and awakening what is still buried in society, while encouraging the regeneration (redevelopment) of the area. area through cultural activities. The 21st Century Art Museum and the 21st Century Architecture Museum are part of the complex. There are also bookshops, cafés and bars, as well as meeting rooms, temporary exhibition galleries, performance areas, a library and digital art and architecture. The large courtyards outside the building serve as commercial spaces and outdoor art events.

The structure consists of three floors and a basement. The inside of the building is designed quite similar to the outside, both reveal the flexible movement to create a sense of multi-dimensional and large space. Curved, slanted walls, dangling black steps, and beams of natural light streaming straight down from the ceiling... Structured lighting, temperature, and humidity control systems by current information technologies.

Ticket price: €12, equivalent to 300,000 VND

Opening time: 11:00-19:00 (weekdays); 11:00-20:00 (weekends)