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The world's richest man owns this magnificent museum
Last updated on: June 20, 2011 11:16 IST
Image: Soumaya Museum.
Carlos Slim, the world's richest man has opened one of the most amazing museums. Mexican billionaire Slim is the chairman and chief executive of telecommunications companies, Telmex and America Movil.
Image: Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez (L) and Carlos Slim (C) at Soumaya museum.
Photographs: Reuters.
Soumaya Museum is an aluminum-plated architectural wonder in Mexico that cost a whopping $34 million.
Image: Exhibits at the Soumaya Museum.
Photographs: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters.
The Soumaya Museum has a splendid art exhibits from Carlos Slim's personal collection.
Image: Salvador Dali's sculpture Triumph Elephant stands outside the Soumaya Museum.
Over 6,200 artworks by Mexican artists like Diego Rivera and masterpices from Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, are beautifully showcased in the grand 60,000 square feet space.
Image: People walk outside the museum.
Photographs: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters.
The museum will be home to one of the world's most important collections of Auguste Rodin's sculptures and also prominently displays works by Mexican muralists Rufino Tamayo and Diego Rivera.
Image: Interior view of the museum.
The museum was built in the memory of his wife, Soumaya Domit, who died in 1999.
Image: People walk outside the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City.
Photographs: Reuters.
The architect of the 150-foot-tall building museum is Carlos Slim's son-in-law Fernando Romero.
Image: Interior view of the museum.
There is no entry fee to visit the museum.
Image: Reuters.
People sit near Auguste Rodin's sculpture The Thinker at the Soumaya Museum.
Image: Interior view.
The interior view of the museum.
Image: Interior view of the museum.
The museum with 16,000 hexagonal aluminum plates is designed to reflect sunlight.
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