Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. The Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg is an art museum in Strasbourg, France, which was founded in 1973 and opened in its own building in November 1998.
One of the largest of its kind in France, the museum houses extensive collections of paintings, sculpture, graphic arts, multimedia and design from the period between 1870 and today, as well as a wide range of pieces in its photographic library. It owns a total of 18,000 works.
Numerous exhibitions are organized annually, showing either the works of a particular artist or a retrospective of an artistic genre. The art library of the municipal museums, the art book shop of the municipal museums and a multi-purpose auditorium for conferences, films and concerts are also found in the same building.
The spacious roof terrace accommodates a museum cafe. The municipal collection of modern and contemporary art of the city of Strasbourg has been constantly enlarged and enriched since 1871 and the founding of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine.
There had already been plans to erect an independent museum since the 1960s. The building was constructed on the left bank of the Ill River from 1995 until 1998. It was designed by the Parisian architect Adrien Fainsilber, who had already designed the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in the French capital. The exhibition and usable floor space open out on both sides of a central gla
One of the largest of its kind in France, the museum houses extensive collections of paintings, sculpture, graphic arts, multimedia and design from the period between 1870 and today, as well as a wide range of pieces in its photographic library. It owns a total of 18,000 works.
Numerous exhibitions are organized annually, showing either the works of a particular artist or a retrospective of an artistic genre. The art library of the municipal museums, the art book shop of the municipal museums and a multi-purpose auditorium for conferences, films and concerts are also found in the same building.
The spacious roof terrace accommodates a museum cafe. The municipal collection of modern and contemporary art of the city of Strasbourg has been constantly enlarged and enriched since 1871 and the founding of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine.
There had already been plans to erect an independent museum since the 1960s. The building was constructed on the left bank of the Ill River from 1995 until 1998. It was designed by the Parisian architect Adrien Fainsilber, who had already designed the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in the French capital. The exhibition and usable floor space open out on both sides of a central gla
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