Museo del Acero

Vistas of Monterrey are dominated by a powerful visual icon of the city's industrial heritage. Restoration of the dormant blast furnace is providing an unexpected opportunity for historical reflection, interactive interpretation of steelmaking and a unique visitor experience...Spanish news video

The Museo del Acero is bringing this rusted industrial artifact back to life as a major visitor attraction. History is unfolding where orange-hot steel once poured, while a new gallery holds interactive science exhibits and mini-theatres. The completed Museo del Acero is playing an important role in Monterrey, hosts of Universal Forum of Cultures in 2007...Click here for more



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Monterrey, Mexico
Museum
25000 sf/2300 m2
2007

These pictures show the decommissioned blast furnace called Horno #7 located in Monterrey, Mexico.  Aldrich Pears is designing interactive museum exhibits to showcase the history and science of steel-making in Mexico,  The museum will be called Museo del Acero.
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