A colossal building of glass and steel – more than a decade in the making, and nearly 300 million euros later, Lyon’s new Musée des Confluences has finally opened its doors.
Impossible to miss, it is located at the southern entrance to the city where the Rhone and the Saone rivers meet.
“This museum carries its name very well. Beyond its geographic location, it really is a meeting point, a place that offers exchange, a fresh perspective, the intelligence of a new outlook because we take a cross-cutting look on our collections and all our subjects are treated in a multi-disciplinary manner,” says the museum’s director, Hélène Lafont-Couturier.
A massive glass hall leads to the numerous, darkened exhibition rooms, that cover an impressive 5,000 square meters.
The Musée des Confluences contains a unique collection of 2 million objects from every continent with the aim of “telling the story of humankind”.
“The questions we ask are philosophical, but are nevertheless access
