Rome is best known for classical art and architecture but the city will open its first contemporary art museum, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts (MAXXI for short), on May 30th. The complex will be comprised of two sections, one for art and the other for architecture but the main draw may be the building itself. Designed by famed architect, Zaha Hadid, the concrete structure seems impossibly light and bright with skylights and cantilevered ramps and windows. It may be time to cash in that coin you threw into the Trevi fountain and head back to Rome!

National Museum of XXI Century Arts