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Contemporary art museum Zagreb, Croatia

Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb (MSU)

MSU collects and presents Croatian and international art since the 1950s across painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, design, posters and media art.

Official website view — Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb

The Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, widely known as MSU, is one of Croatia’s main institutions dedicated to artistic practices of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Collections and programme

Its holdings bring together around twelve thousand Croatian and international works created since 1950, including painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, photography, film, video, posters, design and media art. The museum combines collection displays, temporary exhibitions, commissions, performance and research projects.

A building for contemporary art

Purpose-built for varied exhibition formats, MSU includes flexible galleries, a multimedia auditorium, a library, educational rooms and programmes for families, schools and specialist audiences.

Why visit

  • To understand Croatian art after 1950.
  • To explore connections between art, design, photography and new media.
  • To follow international exhibitions and current creative projects.

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