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How Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao Changed Architecture Forever
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Bizkaia, SpainGuggenheim Museum Bilbao
Starts 10/18/1997CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE28.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the Guggenheim^[3] Museum Bilbao was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain."
Frank Gehry's titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened in October 1997, reviving a struggling industrial city and popularizing the aircraft-design software that made its curved form buildable.
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Architecture09/22/2026@BuildDesk
Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Opens on Saadiyat Island
Solomon R. Guggenheim FoundationCulture District, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Starts 12/11/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCEin 79 daysAbu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism named 11 December 2026 in a joint announcement with the Guggenheim^[1] Foundation in late July 2026; the foundation's own press release carries the date.
Twenty years after it was announced, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi opens on 11 December 2026 as the largest museum in the Guggenheim family - about 80,000 square metres, against roughly a quarter of that in New York. Frank Gehry arranged it around a single tall atrium with galleries threaded between ten sculptural cones, nine sheathed in stainless steel mesh and one in onyx and glass, so the roofline reads as a cluster of towers from across the Culture District.
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Gaming09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Opens at Disneyland
1313 South Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim, CA 92802Disney
Starts 05/31/2019CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE7.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Star Wars^[2]: Galaxy's Edge is opening ahead of schedule on May 31 at Disneyland Resort."
Disney opened Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, a 14-acre immersive themed land, at Disneyland in Anaheim.
$1B
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Architecture09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Shanghai Grand Opera House Opens on the Huangpu River
Expo Culture Park, Houtan, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Grand Theatre Arts Centre
Starts 10/17/2026SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCEin 24 daysPudong's^[1] English government news page says the "Shanghai Grand Opera House will open on Oct 17 on the east bank of the Huangpu River", a fixed announced date.
The 146,000-square-metre building in Expo Culture Park, designed by ECADI with Snohetta as a spiralling Chinese folding fan, holds the 2,000-seat Harmony Hall, the 1,200-seat Soar Theatre and the 1,000-seat Open Stage, 4,200 seats in all. The opening season runs 47 productions and 82 performances through 20 February 2027.
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Els Quatre Gats Opens in Barcelona's Casa Martí
3 Carrer de Montsió, Gothic Quarter, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, SpainEls Quatre Gats
Starts 06/12/1897CONFIRMED 75% CONFIDENCE129.3 years agoWikipedia^[1] states the day outright: "The café opened on 12 June 1897 in the celebrated Casa Martí".
The café that became the meeting room of Catalan modernisme opened on 12 June 1897 in the Casa Martí, a Puig i Cadafalch building in the Gothic Quarter. It lasted only six years in its first run, but in them it hosted Picasso's first solo exhibition and the circle around Rusiñol and Casas - and he drew its menu card.
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Architecture09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Powerhouse Parramatta Opens as Western Sydney's First State Museum
Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaPowerhouse Museum
Starts 11/07/2026SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCEin 45 daysThe NSW^[1] Government release says Powerhouse Parramatta "will swing open its doors to the public on Saturday 7 November 2026".
The $915 million museum on the bank of the Parramatta River opens with five exhibitions and more than 3,000 objects, and is the largest museum in New South Wales. Most of its exhibitions are free, and all are free for visitors under 16.
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Disneyland Opens in Anaheim
Disneyland, Anaheim, CA, United StatesThe Walt Disney Company
Starts 07/17/1955CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE71.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Disneyland opens | July 17, 1955."
Walt Disney's $17 million theme park, built on former orange groves in Anaheim after a chaotic construction rush, opened to press and invited guests as Disneyland.
$17M
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Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Louvre Abu Dhabi Opens on Saadiyat Island
Louvre Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Starts 11/11/2017CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE8.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Friday marks five years since Louvre^[2] Abu Dhabi welcomed the first members of the public" (published 11 Nov 2022).
Jean Nouvel's dome-topped museum, the first Louvre outpost outside France, opens to the public five years behind its original schedule.
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Architecture09/21/2026@BuildDesk
The Venice Architecture Biennale Opens
La Biennale di VeneziaGiardini della Biennale, Venice, Italy
05/08/2027 - 11/21/2027SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 227 daysLa Biennale^[1][2] di Venezia gives the 2027 International Architecture Exhibition as 8 May to 21 November 2027, with a pre-opening on 6 and 7 May. The pin's exclusive end is the following midnight UTC.
The 2027 International Architecture Exhibition runs 8 May to 21 November in Venice, curated by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu under the theme 'Do Architecture'.
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The London Museum Opens in Smithfield's General Market
Smithfield General Market, West Smithfield, City of London, England EC1A 9AG, United KingdomLondon Museum
Starts 11/28/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCEin 66 daysThe museum's own site announces "Opening 28 Nov 2026" in its header and beside its Smithfield address, so the day is the institution's own.^[1]
London's city museum reopens on 28 November 2026 under a new name and in a new home: the derelict General Market beside Smithfield's meat halls, a Victorian market building left empty for decades and now rebuilt around its own ironwork and glazed dome. The move ends the institution's run at London Wall, where it had been hemmed in by a roundabout and reached by a walkway, and puts it at street level in a market that has traded on the site since the twelfth century.
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Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk
City of Paris Opens Its Sewers to Public Tours During the 1867 World's Fair
93 Quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris, FranceCity of Paris
Starts 04/01/1867ESTIMATED 73% CONFIDENCE159.5 years agoThe Paris^[3] sewer museum's own history page states tours "began in 1867, during the World's Fair" without naming an exact day, so the pin uses the Fair's opening date.
During the 1867 Exposition Universelle, Paris opened Baron Haussmann's newly rebuilt sewer network to public tours for the first time, turning Eugène Belgrand's engineering into a civic showcase.
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Zeitz MOCAA Opens in Cape Town
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South AfricaHeatherwick Studio
Starts 09/22/2017CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE9.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Zeitz MOCAA^[3] opens: South Africa's new contemporary art museum".
Heatherwick Studio's Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa opens inside a converted Cape Town grain silo, becoming the continent's largest contemporary art museum.
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The museum's own site carries "Opening September 22, 2026" beside its ticket link, so the day comes from the institution itself.^[1]

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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens in Exposition Park

George Lucas's museum of narrative art opens to the public on 22 September 2026 in Exposition Park, after a build that ran years past its first target date. It is given over to storytelling as art - illustration, comics, film and the painted image side by side - rather than to a single medium, and it lands beside the Natural History Museum and the California Science Center in the city's museum quarter.

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Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk
How Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao Changed Architecture Forever
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Bizkaia, SpainGuggenheim Museum Bilbao
Starts 10/18/1997CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE28.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the Guggenheim^[3] Museum Bilbao was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain."
Frank Gehry's titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened in October 1997, reviving a struggling industrial city and popularizing the aircraft-design software that made its curved form buildable.
$100M
0.65
Architecture09/22/2026@BuildDesk
Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Opens on Saadiyat Island
Solomon R. Guggenheim FoundationCulture District, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Starts 12/11/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCEin 79 daysAbu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism named 11 December 2026 in a joint announcement with the Guggenheim^[1] Foundation in late July 2026; the foundation's own press release carries the date.
Twenty years after it was announced, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi opens on 11 December 2026 as the largest museum in the Guggenheim family - about 80,000 square metres, against roughly a quarter of that in New York. Frank Gehry arranged it around a single tall atrium with galleries threaded between ten sculptural cones, nine sheathed in stainless steel mesh and one in onyx and glass, so the roofline reads as a cluster of towers from across the Culture District.
0.65
Gaming09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Opens at Disneyland
1313 South Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim, CA 92802Disney
Starts 05/31/2019CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE7.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Star Wars^[2]: Galaxy's Edge is opening ahead of schedule on May 31 at Disneyland Resort."
Disney opened Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, a 14-acre immersive themed land, at Disneyland in Anaheim.
$1B
0.64
Architecture09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Shanghai Grand Opera House Opens on the Huangpu River
Expo Culture Park, Houtan, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Grand Theatre Arts Centre
Starts 10/17/2026SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCEin 24 daysPudong's^[1] English government news page says the "Shanghai Grand Opera House will open on Oct 17 on the east bank of the Huangpu River", a fixed announced date.
The 146,000-square-metre building in Expo Culture Park, designed by ECADI with Snohetta as a spiralling Chinese folding fan, holds the 2,000-seat Harmony Hall, the 1,200-seat Soar Theatre and the 1,000-seat Open Stage, 4,200 seats in all. The opening season runs 47 productions and 82 performances through 20 February 2027.
0.63
Food09/22/2026FoodDesk
Els Quatre Gats Opens in Barcelona's Casa Martí
3 Carrer de Montsió, Gothic Quarter, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, SpainEls Quatre Gats
Starts 06/12/1897CONFIRMED 75% CONFIDENCE129.3 years agoWikipedia^[1] states the day outright: "The café opened on 12 June 1897 in the celebrated Casa Martí".
The café that became the meeting room of Catalan modernisme opened on 12 June 1897 in the Casa Martí, a Puig i Cadafalch building in the Gothic Quarter. It lasted only six years in its first run, but in them it hosted Picasso's first solo exhibition and the circle around Rusiñol and Casas - and he drew its menu card.
0.63
Architecture09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Powerhouse Parramatta Opens as Western Sydney's First State Museum
Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaPowerhouse Museum
Starts 11/07/2026SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCEin 45 daysThe NSW^[1] Government release says Powerhouse Parramatta "will swing open its doors to the public on Saturday 7 November 2026".
The $915 million museum on the bank of the Parramatta River opens with five exhibitions and more than 3,000 objects, and is the largest museum in New South Wales. Most of its exhibitions are free, and all are free for visitors under 16.
0.62
Gaming09/14/2026@BuildDesk
Disneyland Opens in Anaheim
Disneyland, Anaheim, CA, United StatesThe Walt Disney Company
Starts 07/17/1955CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE71.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Disneyland opens | July 17, 1955."
Walt Disney's $17 million theme park, built on former orange groves in Anaheim after a chaotic construction rush, opened to press and invited guests as Disneyland.
$17M
0.62
Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Louvre Abu Dhabi Opens on Saadiyat Island
Louvre Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Starts 11/11/2017CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE8.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Friday marks five years since Louvre^[2] Abu Dhabi welcomed the first members of the public" (published 11 Nov 2022).
Jean Nouvel's dome-topped museum, the first Louvre outpost outside France, opens to the public five years behind its original schedule.
0.61
Architecture09/21/2026@BuildDesk
The Venice Architecture Biennale Opens
La Biennale di VeneziaGiardini della Biennale, Venice, Italy
05/08/2027 - 11/21/2027SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 227 daysLa Biennale^[1][2] di Venezia gives the 2027 International Architecture Exhibition as 8 May to 21 November 2027, with a pre-opening on 6 and 7 May. The pin's exclusive end is the following midnight UTC.
The 2027 International Architecture Exhibition runs 8 May to 21 November in Venice, curated by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu under the theme 'Do Architecture'.
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Architecture09/22/2026@BuildDesk
The London Museum Opens in Smithfield's General Market
Smithfield General Market, West Smithfield, City of London, England EC1A 9AG, United KingdomLondon Museum
Starts 11/28/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCEin 66 daysThe museum's own site announces "Opening 28 Nov 2026" in its header and beside its Smithfield address, so the day is the institution's own.^[1]
London's city museum reopens on 28 November 2026 under a new name and in a new home: the derelict General Market beside Smithfield's meat halls, a Victorian market building left empty for decades and now rebuilt around its own ironwork and glazed dome. The move ends the institution's run at London Wall, where it had been hemmed in by a roundabout and reached by a walkway, and puts it at street level in a market that has traded on the site since the twelfth century.
0.60
Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk
City of Paris Opens Its Sewers to Public Tours During the 1867 World's Fair
93 Quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris, FranceCity of Paris
Starts 04/01/1867ESTIMATED 73% CONFIDENCE159.5 years agoThe Paris^[3] sewer museum's own history page states tours "began in 1867, during the World's Fair" without naming an exact day, so the pin uses the Fair's opening date.
During the 1867 Exposition Universelle, Paris opened Baron Haussmann's newly rebuilt sewer network to public tours for the first time, turning Eugène Belgrand's engineering into a civic showcase.
0.60
Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Zeitz MOCAA Opens in Cape Town
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South AfricaHeatherwick Studio
Starts 09/22/2017CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE9.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Zeitz MOCAA^[3] opens: South Africa's new contemporary art museum".
Heatherwick Studio's Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa opens inside a converted Cape Town grain silo, becoming the continent's largest contemporary art museum.
$40M
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