Millennium Dome

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The Millennium Dome looking over the River Thames
The Millennium Dome looking over the River Thames
The Millennium Dome in daylight
The Millennium Dome in daylight

The Millennium Dome is a large dome-shaped building in Greenwich in South East London, UK. It was built in 1997-2000 to celebrate the beginning of the third millennium.

From December 31, 1999 until December 31, 2000 the Dome and some surrounding buildings were the home of the Millennium Exhibition which was meant to show the best of Britain to the world. The most successful part of the Exhibition was the stage show that was held two or three times each day in the middle of the dome. The show had dozens of dancers and acrobats, music by Peter Gabriel, and a tower that rose out of the dome's floor.

The rest of the Exhibition was not as successful as the Dome's owners had hoped. About 6 and a half million people visited the Exhibition, which was only half the number its owners hoped for.

Since the year 2000 the Dome has been closed and empty except for a show called Winter Wonderland in December 2003. The future of the Dome is not certain.