Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León
The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, better known as the MUSAC, is a contemporary art museum in the city of León, Spain. Inaugurated in April 2005 by Felipe, Prince of Asturias, this cultural institution aims to be a "Museum of the Present", in the words of its curator Agustín Pérez Rubio, and thus only collects artworks from the latest generation of artists, between 1992 and 2012.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: Contemporary art museum in León, Spain
- Also known as: “MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon”, “MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León”, and “Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Convento de San Marcos and León Cathedral.
Convento de San Marcos
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The Convento de San Marcos was a convent in the city of León, Castile and León, Spain, that is today an operating luxury parador hotel. It also contains a consecrated church and museum, and is one of the most important monuments of the Renaissance in Spain. Convento de San Marcos is situated 540 metres south of Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León.
León Cathedral
Church
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Santa María de Regla de León Cathedral is a Catholic church, the episcopal see of the diocese of León in the city of León, Castile and León, north-western Spain, consecrated under the name of the Virgin Mary. León Cathedral is situated 1½ km southeast of Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León.
Casa Botines
Museum
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The Casa Botines is a modernista building in León, Spain designed by Antoni Gaudí. It currently houses a museum dedicated to Gaudi, Spanish art of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the history of the building itself. Casa Botines is situated 1¼ km southeast of Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eras de Renueva and El Ejido.
El Ejido
Suburb
León is a city and municipality in the autonomous community of Castile and León in Spain, capital of the province of León, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León
- Categories: art museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: León, Leon, Castile and León, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu d’Art Contemporani de Castella i Lleó”
- Dutch: “Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon”
- Dutch: “Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الفن المعاصر فى كاستيا واى لين”
- French: “MUSAC”
- Italian: “MUSAC”
- Persian: “موزه هنرهای معاصر لئون”
- Portuguese: “Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Castela e Leão”
- Russian: “Музей современного искусства Кастилии и Леона”
- Spanish: “Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon”
- Spanish: “Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León”
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