MAXXI National Museum of the Arts of the 21st Century

Via Guido Reni 4 A. (Open Map)
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Description

MAXXI is the first National museum dedicated to contemporary art. It’s a great architectural work of art, characterized by the innovative and fantastic forms, designed by Zhaha Hadid. 

Thought as a great centre for culture, MAXXI was inaugurated in 2010. It produces and hosts many arts and architecture exhibitions, design, photography, fashion, film festivals, theatre and dance performances. 

In an area of 29thousand square kms with a great open space, it hosts also an auditorium, a centre with libraries and archives, a bookshop, a coffee shop and a restaurant/café. 

The Maxxi collections are exposed together with some contemporary exhibitions, while the Anish Kapoor, Sol Lewitt and Maurizio Mocchetti installations are always on display.