Its 26 renovated and enlarged galleries are reminiscent of those at the core of the museum devoted to the Renaissance and British and French paintings.

WSJ: American Idyll

It had to be preserved, and Foster's scheme for so doing entailed sweeping away the clutter of now obsolete bookstack buildings from around it and covering the court with a light glass-and-steel roof, creating Europe's largest enclosed space, which will function as the access core of the museum.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

This now forms the core of the Japanese art collections housed in the National Museum of Ethnology at Leiden.

ECONOMIST: Japanese art

In addition, the Museum's 15, 000-square-foot core exhibition Behind the Screen, offering a comprehensive, interactive exploration of how films and television programs are produced, promoted and exhibited, is being thoroughly upgraded for the re-opening, with every monitor, video projector, computer and player being replaced with the latest technology.

ENGADGET: Museum of The Moving Image plans multi-million dollar updates with HD, 3D