Doha: World’s famous web magazine on architecture and art, designboom, has placed the National Museum of Qatar in the list of Top 10 museums and cultural venues of 2019.

“In March (2019), the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) opened to the public. Designed by Jean Nouvel, the winding gallery offers a journey through a series of unique, encompassing environments including architectural space, music, poetry, archaeological objects, commissioned artworks, monumentally-scaled art films, and more,” designboom.com writes about National Museum of Qatar.

“In total, 11 galleries take visitors from the formation of the Qatar peninsula millions of years ago to the nation’s present. Giving voice to the nation’s rich heritage and culture and expressing the aspirations of its people, NMoQ will provide diverse educational opportunities for Qatar and advance the nation’s cultural vision on the global stage,” the prestigious web magazine adds.

In its article ‘Big Stories of 2019’, the online magazine says at the end of every year since 2013, designboom has compiled the most talked about projects from the previous 12 months as part of our BIG stories series.

“2019 was a standout year for the typology with a number of much-anticipated projects opening in all corners of the globe. Bold designs characterize the designs, with established names collaborating with institutions to bring their creative visions to life.”

The designboom is based in Milan, Beijing and New York and has gained a global reach of 3.5 million readers and 450,000 newsletter subscribers. Founded in Milan in 1999, designboom is the world’s first and most popular digital architecture and design magazine, according to designboom website.

Jean Nouvel, the architect of National Museum of Qatar also tweeted on December 8, 2019, about museum’s listing by designboom writing, “The @ NMOQatar in @ designboom’s top 10 museums and cultural venues of 2019. Its goal: giving voice to the nation’s rich heritage and expressing the aspirations of its people.”

Earlier in August last year, the spectacular National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) had been declared by TIME Magazine as one of the World’s Greatest Places for 2019. TIME had listed NMoQ on the “100 destinations to experience right now” which included museums, parks, restaurants and hotels.

The list of TIME is divided into three categories namely the greatest places “To Visit” which include 37 museums and parks, the greatest places “To Stay” which comprise 44 hotels, and the greatest places “To Eat and Drink” which consist of 19 restaurants. NMoQ had been listed on the greatest places “To Visit” for 2019 along with Mori Building Digital Art Museum in Japan, Camp Adventure in Denmark, Central Library in Canada and Newseum in Washington, DC, among others.

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