Mudam
Sign in to saveThe Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art (), abbreviated to Mudam, is a museum of modern art in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The museum stands on the site of the old Fort Thüngen, on the southwestern edge of the Kirchberg-plateau, in close proximity to many of the European Union institutions based within the city.
Key facts
- Museum.name
- MudamGrand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art
- Museum.native_name
- Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean
- Museum.native_name_lang
- fr
- Museum.image
- Kirchberg MUDAM.jpg
- Museum.location
- 3, Park Dräi Eechelen L-1499 Luxembourg-Kirchberg Luxembourg
- Museum.type
- Art museum
- Museum.visitors
- 134,000 (2018)
- Museum.chairperson
- Stéphanie, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- Museum.architect
- I. M. Pei
- Museum.publictransit
- Philharmonie-Mudam tram stop, LuxTramRout Bréck-Pafendall bus stop
- Museum.car_park
- Parking Trois Glands
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The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art (), abbreviated to Mudam, is a museum of modern art in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The museum stands on the site of the old Fort Thüngen, on the southwestern edge of the Kirchberg-plateau, in close proximity to many of the European Union institutions based within the city.
==History== First proposed in 1989 and championed by then-Prime Minister Jacques Santer, the location of the future museum was much disputed, until it was agreed in 1997 to use Dräi Eechelen Park and connect the museum to Fort Thüngen. The building was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I. M. Pei, and cost $100m to build. The museum was inaugurated on 1 July 2006 by Grand Duke Jean, to whom the building is dedicated, and opened to the public the following day.