Bratislava
Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum
July 2015
The Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum stands on a peninsula in the Čunovo Reservoir, part of the Danube waterworks approximately 20 kilometers south of central Bratislava. Dutch collector and art patron Gerard Meulensteen and Slovak gallerist Vincent Polakovič founded the museum, which opened on September 9, 2000, to present Slovak and international modern and contemporary art.
Architect Peter Žalman designed the original museum building in the form of a Roman galley with wooden oars, connecting its architecture to the surrounding river landscape. A major extension led by architect Ján Kukuľa was completed in September 2014, adding galleries for the museum’s permanent collection. The 2015 photographs document the site shortly after this expansion.
The museum grounds include an outdoor sculpture park containing works from the Meulensteen and Danubiana collections, together with long-term loans from artists and other collections. The placement of sculptures throughout the peninsula integrates the museum’s exhibitions with the open landscape of the Danube.
