The long-awaited Guggenheim museum in Abu Dhabi by architect Frank Gehry is set to open in 2025, nearly 20 years after plans were unveiled and 14 years after construction began.
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is currently being constructed on Saadiyat Island ? a cultural district under development off the coast of the UAE capital.
At 42,000-square-metres, the museum will become the largest of the four Guggenheim outposts, overtaking Guggenheim Bilbao that Gehry also designed.
The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is set to open in 2025
"It is truly thrilling to see this project enter into this new phase," Gehry said.
"I hope that this building is embraced by the people of the UAE and that this work will endure as a landmark for the country for many years to come." It is being constructed on Saadiyat Island
Plans for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi were first revealed in 2006 and work began on site in 2011, but it was then suspended for several years.
The news of its opening date, revealed by Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism, comes two years after the Guggenheim Foundation confirmed construction was restarting.

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Gehry's design for the museum comprises a cluster of galleries of varying heights, shapes, and characters.
It will also contain a centre for art and technology alongside a children's education facility, archives, library and...