Museum of the Future opens in Dubai – with one exhibit that transports you to space

Even amid Dubai’s eye-catching constellation of architectural wonders, the Museum of the Future – which aptly looks like it has been beamed in from the future – is surely destined to be a star attraction.

The 77-metre-high (252ft) seven-storey metallic museum – which is shaped like a giant silver egg with a hole in the centre – opened today, with displays and attractions positioned around the entire windowless building and a striking white spiral staircase rising up through the floors.

One exhibit reveals what life could be like inside a huge space station in 2071, while another is a digital recreation of a ‘luscious’ tropical rainforest.

The seven-storey museum, which is shaped like…