MAF – Museo Acqua Franca
Open-air collection of contemporary art with about 30 site-specific installations inside Milan's Nosedo wastewater treatment plant.
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About the museum
MAF – Museo Acqua Franca is a contemporary art project created in 2011 inside the Nosedo wastewater treatment plant in Milan, in Via San Dionigi. It was conceived and directed by Ornella Piluso, who works as an artist under the name topylabrys, within the activities of the cultural association Arte da mangiare mangiare Arte, active in Milan since 1996. The plant is run by MM Spa, with which the museum cooperates.
The permanent collection comprises about thirty large site-specific outdoor installations on the themes of water, sustainability and the environment. Many are made from second-choice materials provided by companies, in research that combines art and the circular economy; others are made from organic materials that change with the seasons. Alongside them is an archive collection on the activity of the association and the museum.
Every year the Festival Internazionale dei Depuratori (International Wastewater Treatment Plants Festival) brings temporary exhibitions, performances and meetings to the MAF, with guided visits to the works and the plant. The museum presents itself as a living space open to the city, which uses the language of art to engage with the goals of the Agenda per il Clima 2030.
Highlights
- About 30 site-specific outdoor installations
- Art museum inside a wastewater treatment plant
- Works made from recycled and organic materials
- Festival Internazionale dei Depuratori held every year
- Guided visits to the plant with MM technicians
Permanent exhibition
- Collezione permanente del MAF – About thirty site-specific outdoor installations on the themes of water, the environment and the circular economy, with an archive collection.
- Founded
- 2011
- Operated by
- Associazione Culturale Arte da mangiare mangiare Arte
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | During the festival, guided visits to the plant are led by MM technicians and booked via the website of the Centrale dell'Acqua; in the afternoon guided visits to the museum are also offered. The meeting point is the entrance to the wastewater treatment plant at Via San Dionigi 90. |
