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Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art

The MACA occupies the Casa de la Asegurada, a Baroque building from 1685 that is the oldest civil building in Alicante, extended with a contemporary project opened in 2011, in Plaza de Santa María in the old town. Inside you can explore several permanent collections: the 20th-Century Art Collection, with 177 works by 114 international artists; the collection devoted to Eusebio Sempere, with hundreds of pieces that rotate periodically; the Juana Francés Collection, bequeathed by the Alicante artist; and the Fundación Mediterráneo Collection. The museum also programmes temporary exhibitions, lectures and workshops, and has a library and a documentation centre specialising in contemporary art.

Things to do at Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art: 3 missions

• Take in the Fundación Mediterráneo CollectionAdmire the works of the Fundación Mediterráneo Collection gathered in the museum.
• Explore the Juana Francés CollectionLook at the works of the Juana Francés Collection in the room dedicated to the artist, founder of the El Paso Group.
• Take in the Michael Jenkins-Javier Romero CollectionAdmire the works of the Michael Jenkins-Javier Romero Collection gathered in the museum.

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Source: maca-alicante.es