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The Nomadic Museum is a temporary structure used to house the
“Ashes and Snow” photography and film exhibition by Gregory Colbert which travels the world photographing encounters between humans and large animals. Designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and engineers Buro Happold, the
museum is made entirely from reusable materials. Actually this 45,000-square-foot mobile museum was designed to be disassembled and reconfigured to house the traveling exhibit.
Built from 152 stacked shipping containers, the building forms a central walkway for viewing the artwork, suspended on either side.The first Nomadic Museum debuted with the opening of Ashes and Snow in New York City in March 2005. The museum then traveled to Santa Monica, California, in 2006, Tokyo in 2007, and Mexico City in 2008.
Visitors enter through the skeletal arch of the old pier. Inside is a large wooden-plank runway, flanked by 6,000 river stones. Colbert’s photographs will float in the air, suspended between giant paper-tube columns that help support the roof. Taken in such farflung locales as Burma, Sri Lanka, Egypt, India, Ethiopia and Kenya, the images are printed on plant paper, a process going back to 13th century Japan.
Admission to the museum costs $12 for adults. Tuesdays are “pay as you wish” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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