The Power of Ten Museum is founded on the principle of reconciling a political stalemate with tourists and environmental research activities. The Dead Sea border region between Israel and Jordan is at the center of the global conflict – with wide-ranging implications in regional water politics as well as international politics. The museum occupies sites that are created as the Dead Sea waters recede. The receding waters have created sinkholes that are causing extensive environmental and infrastructural damage. The design of the museum capitalizes upon this crisis by submerging the museum’s galleries into the sinkholes – engaging with them as part of the exhibitions as well as the research sites for renewable energy resources. Both the museum and the sinkhole fields will become destinations for tourists and researchers alike.

Power of Ten Museum