Panama Inaugurates Frank Gehry-designed Museum

PANAMA CITY (AP) — After years of delays, Panama has inaugurated a museum designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry that officials hope will become a cultural landmark and symbolize the country's recent economic ascent. The Biomuseo at the Pacific Ocean gateway to the Panama Canal celebrates the isthmus' history not as a crossroads of trade but as one of the world's most-diverse ecosystems, with more bird, mammal and reptile species than the United States and Canada combined. [...] the final cost surged to around $100 million, making it a symbol to critics of the uncontrolled spending and widespread corruption that has marred the country's reputation for economic growth fueled by a government-led construction boom.

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