Biomuseo

Built on the site of a former U.S. military base, the museum is located near the Panama Canal. Its area is 4,000 square meters, including exhibition space and a botanical garden. Visitors to the museum have the opportunity to go through a series of galleries with interactive dioramas, including “Panamarama” – a three-tiered structure with 12 screens, causing the effect of immersion in a rainforest atmosphere.

The goal of the museum’s creators was to demonstrate the wonders of local nature and its role as a “geological bridge” between the two continents. The description on the museum’s website says that the exhibit is “a combination of art and science that allows the visitor to experience an amazing phenomenon.

This work by Frank Gehry is in part reminiscent of his previous works, such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. However, the intricate color scheme of the Biomuseum is out of the architect’s general style, according to experts. This is the first work of Frank Gehry in Latin America, despite the fact that he is married to a native of Panama.

The idea of creating the museum dates back to 1999, but because of bureaucratic delays there was a serious delay in its implementation, which eventually took 15 years.