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Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb

Encourage and foster understanding of contemporary art through innovative and creative use of exhibitions and collections

The Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb is a lively place of creation, representation, interpretation and preservation of all forms of contemporary art. Its purpose is to encourage and foster understanding of contemporary art through innovative and creative use of exhibitions and collections, thus allowing diverse groups of visitors to learn through entertainment.

The emphasis is placed on the development of the working process with artists and the audience, rather than on displaying a final exhibition product.

MSU Zagreb was founded in 1954 under the name City Gallery of Contemporary Art, with the goal of promoting and collecting recently produced artworks of younger generations. The Museum moved into the new building in December 2009.

The specific MSU Collections, formed during a period of half a century at the cultural border between the East and the West, rich exhibition and educative programs, archives, library, audio-visual centre, multimedia hall and many other facilities are now accessible to the Croatian and international public.