In Bois de Boulogne Park in Paris, the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation (8 avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, Bois de Boulogne, 75116, Paris, France; phone +33 1 40 69 96 00, www.fondationlouis vuitton.fr/en) opened on Oct. 27. 

Designed by architect Frank Gehry and comprising 12 soaring, disjointed glass panels, the 41,441-square-foot museum is the new home of the Louis Vuitton company’s art collection. It will also feature temporary exhibits and artist performances. 

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Morocco has opened its first major museum since becoming independent from France in 1956. Featuring modern and contemporary Moroccan art, the Muhammed VI Museum (Angle Avenue Moulay El Hassan et Avenue Allal Ben Abdellah, 10,000, Rabat, Morocco; phone +212 [0] 5 37 76 90 47, www.museemohammed6.ma [in French only]) opened in Rabat on Oct. 7, 2014, after 10 years of construction.

Its first exhibit, “1914-2014: 100 years of Creation,” includes pieces created within the last 100 years...

A new observation deck has opened in the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. An existing deck on the 124th floor was closed for two months in 2010 following an elevator breakdown (April ’10, pg. 80). The new deck, on the 148th floor and featuring an outdoor terrace 1,821 feet in the air, is the world’s highest viewing point within a building. (Now second highest, at 1,601 feet, is the one in Guangzhou, China’s, Canton Tower.)

Tickets may be purchased in advance for a...