CaMusAC – Cassino Museo Arte Contemporanea

About the museum

The Fondazione Cassino Museo Arte Contemporanea (CaMusAC) is a non-profit institution founded in 2013 through the reuse of the industrial buildings of the Longo company, at the foot of the hill on which the abbey of Montecassino stands. The museum does not occupy a purpose-built site, but reuses the large sheds of the former factory.

At the heart of its activity is the foundation’s permanent collection, the result of a systematic policy of acquisitions pursued for over thirty years. The project aims to contribute to the cultural growth of southern Lazio, an area already rich in archaeological, historical and religious sites, and it works with the University of Cassino, the Liceo artistico statale (state art high school) and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Frosinone.

The collection index lists more than a hundred artists, including Alighiero Boetti, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Giuseppe Penone, Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama, Sol LeWitt, Antony Gormley and Jaume Plensa. Alongside the permanent collection the museum organises exhibitions of significant artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, lectures, research seminars, workshops and guided tours.

Highlights

• Permanent collection of the CaMusAC Foundation with over a hundred artists
• Works by Alighiero Boetti, Jannis Kounellis and Mario Merz
• Works by Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama and Sol LeWitt
• Location in former industrial sheds at the foot of Montecassino

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione permanente della Fondazione CaMusAC – Works by Italian and international artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Boetti, Kounellis, Merz, Pistoletto, Bourgeois and Kusama.

Founded

2013

Operated by

Fondazione CaMusAC

Director

Bruno Corà

Visitors per year

approx. 15,000

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission to the museum is free; guided tours are charged and require booking.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

By car: A1 motorway Milan–Naples, exit Cassino; at the roundabout follow the signs for the centre, after about 2.8 km take Via Casilina Nord towards Rome and follow the signs for about 450 m. The nearest airports are Naples Capodichino (79 km), Rome Ciampino (109 km) and Rome Fiumicino (135 km).

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