Bond museum opens in Austria

Text to come hereThe first museum dedicated exclusively to fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond has opened on the Austrian Alps, where scenes for Spectre (2015), the most expensive in the long-running spy series, were shot.

The futuristic 007 Elements museum is on the summit of Gaislachkogl Mountain at an elevation of 3,048 metres (nearly 10,000 feet).

The museum shares the mountain’s summit with the ice Q gourmet restaurant, which offers panoramic views of the Austrian Alps and appeared in the film as the workplace of psychologist Dr Madeleine Swann, one of the Bond girls featured in Spectre.

The Bond museum has a cinematographical ambience and the building, created to house the exhibition, looks like a villain’s hideout, Neal Callow, who designed the museum and served as artistic director for the 007 films Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre.

  — IANS