Mougins Museum of Classical Art
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The Mougins Museum of Classical Art (Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins) is an art museum located in Mougins, France. Established by Christian Levett, a British businessman and collector, it opened in April 2011.
Collection
The MACM is spread over four floors chronologically from the crypt to the second floor as follows:
The Egyptian Gallery, in the crypt, depicts the theme of the afterlife with funerary masks, numerous other ancient artefacts and two sarcophagi, punctuated with works from Chagall, Calder and Cocteau.
The People and Personalities Gallery on the ground floor presents busts and statues of celebrities from ancient Greece and Rome, their influence highlighted by sculptures of Sosno, Arman, Quinn and Hirst.
The Gods and Goddesses Gallery, on the first floor displays Greek and Roman bronze and marble statues, heads and busts, pottery, glass and silverware, an extensive collection of coins and an antique jewellery display case. Neo- classical and modern artists such as Rubens, Rodin, Klein, Warhol, Picasso, Modigliani, Braque and Dali are perfectly integrated.
The Armoury on the second floor displays the largest private collection of Greek and Roman arms and armour in the world.
