AdvertisementMaxxi: Italy's New Contemporary Art MuseumPlay01:31Download AudioNovember 16, 2009Sylvia PoggiolifacebookEmailThe Maxxi museum opened on the grounds of a former military barracks in a residential area of Rome. It was designed by Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born architect who in 2004 became the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize. (AP)