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NEW YORK, NY, February 3, 2014 — Within the Quartier de la Confluence [2] urban development and reclamation project, which transformed the traditionally industrial tip of the Lyon’s southern peninsula into green space, Lyon will open the Confluences Museum [3] in January 2015. Dedicated to science, art and society, the museum will feature eight rooms with four permanent exhibition areas and four temporary exhibition areas covering topics such as: genetic modification, exchange and innovation, origins of life, biodiversity, global-warming, geopolitics and social behavior.

The museum’s collections are the legacy of the Natural History Museum of Lyon and the Guimet Museum in Lyon. They constitute a rich heritage, in terms of both volume and renown, in four domains: life sciences, earth sciences, social sciences, and science and technology. The collections are some of the richest in the world in the areas of natural sciences and extra-European ethnology.

The building’s unique architectural design reflects the project’s purpose and goals. Located at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, the museum is a veritable urban forum and is composed of two architectural units, the crystal and the cloud, symbolizing respectively the known environment of today and the unforeseen future.