- 21c Museum Hotel | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang
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21c Museum Hotel was opened in 2006 by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Five 19th century historical buildings, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, were renovated into a trendy space filled with a contemporary art museum of 21st century, a 90-room luxury hotel, and an up-scale restaurant “Proof on Main.” Cracking Art Group’s “Red Penguin” plastic sculptures, installed around the buildings, were eye-catching. The museum also featured some site-specific commissions, such as “Text Rain,” video projection software, by Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv.
