With masks and thermometers Bilbao's Guggenheim welcomes back visitors

General view of the Guggenheim Museum on the day it reopens its doors following a three-month closure, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bilbao, Spain, June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Vincent West

BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) - Two dozen visitors queued to get their temperatures taken at the entrance to Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum on Monday as it became the first of Spain's major cultural centres to reopen its doors after a long lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Attendance appeared modest on the grand opening day of the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim, which, with its sweeping metallic curves reflecting the murky waters of the Nervion River, is one of Spain's most recognizable structures.