Two Bilbao residents pause before the front facade of the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao late Friday, October 17, 1997 after their local government invited citizens of this Basque city to visit the outside of the complex one day before it is to be inaugurated by King Juan Carlos of Spain. The museum has been designed by American architect Frank O. Gehry and will open to the public Oct. 19. (AP Photo/Santiago Lyon)