In 1997, a strange creature emerged from the banks of the Nervión River. Part fish. Part ship. Part cathedral. Wrapped in 33,000 titanium tiles and shaped like a dream remembered in steel. It was not a museum built to hold tradition. It was a museum built to challenge it. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, did more than open a gallery space. It redefined what museums could do, for cities, for artists, and for culture itself. In the 1980s, Bilbao was a post