Get inspired by this Museum of Failure!
The newly opened 'Museum of Failure' in Sweden on failed innovations is a lesson in embracing your errors
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
Millennium Dome
1999-2000
An amazing £789 million was invested in the Millennium Dome project, planned to be a glittering achievement for Tony Blair's government. It was supposed to be a spectacularly innovative building and exhibition, hoping to attract 12 million visitors in the year 2000. This turned out to be hugely overestimated, with only half of that number visiting the exhibition. Newspapers reported on the exhibition’s boring themes and lack of creativity. The opening day event on December 31, 1999, was also a nightmare. Visitors, including VIPs, were forced to wait outside for a long time in below-freezing weather. The project lost an enormous amount of money. The building stood empty for several years, until the area was rebuilt into an entertainment district and renamed The 02 Arena.
1999-2000
An amazing £789 million was invested in the Millennium Dome project, planned to be a glittering achievement for Tony Blair's government. It was supposed to be a spectacularly innovative building and exhibition, hoping to attract 12 million visitors in the year 2000. This turned out to be hugely overestimated, with only half of that number visiting the exhibition. Newspapers reported on the exhibition’s boring themes and lack of creativity. The opening day event on December 31, 1999, was also a nightmare. Visitors, including VIPs, were forced to wait outside for a long time in below-freezing weather. The project lost an enormous amount of money. The building stood empty for several years, until the area was rebuilt into an entertainment district and renamed The 02 Arena.
