In October 2011, following an international architecture competition and an international fundraising effort, the Museum’s new wing — the Herta and Paul Amir Building — was inaugurated. It is a spectacular and groundbreaking example of early 21st-century museum architecture.

The Building was designed by the American architect Prof. Preston Scott Cohen, in collaboration with Israeli project architect Amit Nemlich. Several events took place on the occasion of the opening of the new wing, accompanied by a series of invites, catalogue and marketing items.