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The Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, also known as MACM, is the Mougins Museum of Classical Art. The museum displays within the same space ancient, neoclassical, modern, and contemporary art in order to highlight the considerable influence of the ancient world on the great artists from Sir Peter Paul Rubens to Damien Hirst.
Situated on the Côte d’Azur, Mougins is famous for its spectacular views over Cannes and the Alps, its gastronomy, and the beauty of its old village, which from an aerial view resembles a snail. Historic region of the Mediterranean at the edge of ancient Greek civilisation and the heart of the Roman Empire, close to the Graeco-Roman settlements of Nice (Nikaia) and Antibes (Antipolis), Mougins also reconnects with its artistic past through the works on show at the museum which were produced by its former residents Francis Picabia, Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, and of course Pablo Picasso who spent the last 12 years of his life here.
Located at the entrance of the picturesque village of Mougins, this private museum holds an exceptional collection of over 800 works over four floors. The MACM focuses on the reciprocal influences of the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece, and the continuity of the Graeco-Roman legacy through to the present. This narrative also underlines the importance of the interaction of cultures from East to West rather than the chronological development of each civilisation.
Remarkable artefacts from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome interact with drawings, paintings, and sculptures by Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Renoir, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dalí, Raoul Dufy, Antony Gormley, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Francis Picabia, Marc Quinn, Auguste Rodin, and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, to name but a few.
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The egypTian basemenT gallery is designed as a crypt which houses extraordinary painted coffins, funerary masks and panels, tomb reliefs, statuettes of gods and goddesses. The material represents the span of Egyptology from the Old Kingdom (2686-2181 BC) to the Ptolemaic period (332-30 BC). These artefacts are complemented with works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Alexander Calder, Jean Cocteau, Marc Chagall, as well as a wall rubbing of the head of Seti I by Giovanni Battista Belzoni, one of the greatest figures in Egyptian archeology.
The ground Floor features the People and Personalities gallery created to satisfy the public’s perpetual interest in the great historical personalities of Ancient Greece and Rome. A series of exquisite marble heads, busts, and statues take the visitor on a tour of the mighty Roman emperors and
personalities including Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius and the father of modern philosophy, Socrates. Interspersed with these works are a number of sculptures, drawings, and paintings by artists including Alessandro Turchi, Giovanni Panini, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henry Moore, Francis Picabia, Egon Schiele, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley, and Marc Quinn.
The FirsT Floor continues the dynamic of ancient and modern art with the Gods and Goddesses and Social Customs gallery. Here the emphasis shifts from historical personalities to ancient beliefs, mythology and various aspects of everyday life. Greek gods and their Roman counterparts are displayed in the form of fine bronze statuettes, marble heads, busts, and statues. The modern interest in banqueting is addressed with Greek and Roman silver bowls and drinking vessels, glassware, ceramic vases, and candelabra. The Roman banquet and opulence of high living would not be complete without the large floor mosaics displayed on the wall and the showcases dedicated to ancient coins and jewellery . Alongside these works one can admire classically-inspired artworks by artists including Auguste Renoir, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Yves Klein, Amedeo Modigliani, Andrée Masson, Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, Keith Haring, and Pablo Picasso.
The armoury, on the second floor, contains the world’s largest private collection of Graeco-Roman arms and armour. It boasts an impressive variety of body armour, Chalcidian, Corinthian, Illyrian, Pilos, and Phrygian helmets. Soldiers lived, fought and died in this equipment, and much of it bears the scars of battle from some of the greatest military campaigns in history. Military-themed artworks by Man Ray, Elisabeth Frink, Giorgio De Chirico and Salvado Dalí beautifully complement this exhibit.
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The founder of the museum is Christian Levett, a British investment manager with a
passion for history and art. A fanatical, but highly ethical collector since childhood, he
in 2009 decided to form a museum to place his antiquity and classical art collection
on public display, and the Mougins Museum opened to the public in June 2011. Since
then the museum has gone from strength to strength, winning international awards and
loaning dozens of objects to other museum and university exhibitions all over the world.
Christian himself is a keen philanthropist in the field, sponsoring multiple exhibitions at The
British Museum, Royal Academy, National Gallery, Sir John Soane’s Museum and the Ashmolean
Museum in Oxford. He has funded archaeological works in the UK, Italy and Egypt and owns
the archaeology and ancient art magazine, Minerva Magazine. He has sponsored academic
scholarships at Wolfson College and The Ruskin School of Art in Oxford and has aided
curatorial funding at The Ashmolean, The British Museum and The British School at Rome.
He has funded renovation works at The Charterhouse Museum London, Charterhouse School
Surrey, The National Gallery and
Musée L’Eglise de Notre Dame de
Vie Mougins, and has sponsored
conferences at King’s College
London, Senate House UCL and
at The Mougins Museum. He is a
member of the Arms and Armour
Committee at The Metropolitan
Museum of New York and
member of The Visitors Board of
The Ashmolean Museum Oxford
and is a past board member
of The Hadrian’s Wall Trust.
Christian is also an Honorary
Fellow of The Ashmolean
Museum, an honorary fellow of
Wolfson College Oxford and a
member of the Oxford University
Chancellors Court of Benefactors.
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The MACM counts many public and academic accolades:
• Winner of the Apollo’s Museum Opening of the Year award
in 2011
• Winner of the cultural award Ken d’Or 2012,
• The only French museum nominated for the European
Museum of the Year award 2013
• Nominated in the Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
category at the Patrimoine & Innovation(s) 2017 awards,
CLIC France for MACM 4D, the virtual and interactive visit
of the museum
The MACM has also been awarded the TripAdvisor’s
Certificates of Excellence year on year since opening and
the government-approved brand ‘Quality Tourism’ in 2016.
In its 8th year of existence, the MACM is an accessible and
well-established museum that offers its visitors not only the
possibility to enjoy a harmoniously displayed academically
acclaimed collection in a museum of a human scale, it is also
recognised for the quality of its events aimed at a public as
eclectic as its collection. With objects on loan to national
and international museums, a diverse programme of cultural
and convivial events, bespoke visits for school children and
youth centres, the MACM continues to strive to inspire all
its visitors and to share Christian Levett’s collection and the
pleasure of learning with the widest possible audience.
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Friday 12th July to Sunday 29th September 2013Open every day 10.30am - 8pm
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The MACM is happy to exhibitVESSELS by Gary KOMARIN
1st May - 29th June 2014
LES STRATES DU TEMPSune exposition de
Alexander Mihaylovich
Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
10 avril - 4 juin 2015
LAYERS OF TIMEan exhibition of
Alexander Mihaylovich
Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
10 April - 4 June 2015
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Une exposition de statuettes et de
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ANIMAL26/02/2016
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Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
An exhibition of ancient statuettes and sculptures depicting animals and their role in antiquity
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La collection du Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur s’invite au :
MUSEE d’ART CLASSIQUE de MOUGINS
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LES STRATES DU TEMPSune exposition de
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LAYERS OF TIMEan exhibition of
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Inigo Rooms, Somerset House East Wing, WC2R 2LS
The Arcade, Bush House Strand, WC2B 4PJ
Tue – Sat 11.00–17.00FREE ADMISSION
kcl.ac.uk/culture#TheClassicalNow
An exhibition exploring Greek and Roman antiquity in the modern artistic imagination, at King’s College London
2 March – 28 April 2018
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NS BAAF, The Brussels Ancient Art Fair, Bruxelles, Belgique
Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, Braunschweig, Allemagne
Espace d’Art Concret, Mouans Sartoux, France
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, Londres, UK
Fondation Pierre-Gianadda, Martigny, Suisse
Fondazione Prada, Venise, Italie
Kellos Gallery, Londres, UK
King’s College de Londres, UK
Musée d’Archéologie Méditerranéenne, La Vieille Charité, Marseille, France
Musée d’Archéologie de Nice, France
Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brézil
Musée départemental Arles Antique, Arles, France
Musée d’Histoire de Marseille, Marseille, France
Musée International de la Parfumerie, Grasse, France
Musée Massena, Nice, France
Musée National du Sport, Nice, France
Musée Regards de Provence, Marseille, France
Musée Saint-Raymond, Toulouse, France
Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne, Allemagne
Royal Academy of Arts, Londres, UK
Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, UK
Sir John Soane’s Museum, Londres, UK
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle, UK
Vindolanda Trust Fort and Museum, Hexham, UK
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
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N MUSEUMMusée d’Art Classique de Mougins 32, rue Commandeur06250 Vieux Village de MouginsFrance Tel +33 (0)4 93 75 18 22 [email protected]
OFFICESMusée de Mougins SAS 5, rue des mûriers06250 Vieux Village de MouginsFrance Tel +33 (0)4 93 75 18 65 [email protected]
ACCESSOnly 30 minutes from Nice airport and a 15 minute drive from Cannes, the MACM is close to the Musée Fragonard and the perfumeries in Grasse, the Fondation Maeght at St Paul de Vence, the Picasso Museum in Antibes and the Matisse Museum in Nice.
The MACM has full access and facilities for people with reduced mobility and a wheelchair is available on request.
Free parking at the village entrance with lift access.
OPENING hOURSThe museum is open every day
• 10am to 6pm - 1st October to 20th June
• 10am to 8pm - 21st June to 30th September
Closed on 25th December
TARIFS D’ADMISSION
• Adult : 14 €
• Senior (+ 60 yrs) : 9 €
• Student : 7 €
• Child (10 to 17 yrs) : 5 €
• Child -10 yrs: Free admission
• Disabled : Free admission
• Groups 10 people + : 10 €
• School groups: 3€ per pupil*
*Bespoke visits can be arranged to suit the
school curriculums
Entry tickets are valid all day, allowing visitors
to take a break and have a stroll through the
narrow streets of the pretty village of Mougins
and enjoy its many restaurants ..
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FOR PRESS INFORMATION AND IMAGES
Tel +33 (0)4 93 75 18 65
PRESIDENT DIRECTOR
Leisa Paoli
Tel +33 (0)7 86 43 24 36
COMMUNICATION, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION OUTREACh
Bénédicte Montain
Tel +33 (0)6 33 60 53 17
COLLECTION
Tel +33 (0)4 93 75 18 65
GENERAL INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS
Tel +33 (0)4 93 75 18 22
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