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Morocco opened its first contemporary art museum in Rabat in 2014. The Mohammed VI Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art (MMVI) is Morocco’s first large-scale museum built since the country’s independence from France in 1956.

The three-floor building, whose designers were influenced by traditional Moroccan architecture, took a decade to construct

The three-level building with a covered surface area of 9400 m2, conceived by the architect Karim Chakor, provide space and infrastructure for a permanent collection and temporary exhibitions, auditorium, art & multimedia libraries, conservation lab, education department, offices, service, storage and technical areas, as well as a restaurant. It is the first public institution following international museological standards

Located in the city center of Rabat on the corner of Avenue Moulay El Hassan and Avenue Allal Ben Abdallah, the Mohammed VI Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art (MMVI) opened its doors in October 2014

It is the first museum's institution in Morocco dedicated entirely to modern and contemporary arts

Magnificent rose window over  the entrance of the Museum

La joie du Sahara by Chaibia

Faouzi Laatiris - Albouraqs sculptures

Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco

attended the opening of the Swiss sculptor

Alberto Giacometti exhibition at the

Museum of Modern art on April 18, 2016

Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco attended the opening of the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti exhibition

Through 46 sculptures, 19 paintings, 30 drawings, and objects of decorative art and photographs, it focuses on the influence of African art and Egyptian antiquities on the art of the author of "the walking man" .

Alberto Giacometti

(Swiss, 1901-66) Suspended Ball

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Maroc medieval exhibition at the Mohammed VI Museum

Maroc medieval exhibition room at the Mohammed VI Museum

it was the most comprehensive exhibition

ever presented on medieval Morocco with more than 220 items

brought over from Moroccan, Spanish,

Portuguese and Italian museums

The exhibition on medieval Morocco had been hosted by Louvre Museum and proved to be quite a success in France, having received 170 000 visitors

Maroc medieval exhibition

The Mohammed VI Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat will host an exhibition of the works of Picasso as of the month of April, 2017

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, is known for co-founding the Cubist movement. The total number of artworks he produced has been estimated at 50,000, comprising 1,885 paintings; 1,228 sculptures; 2,880 ceramics, roughly 12,000 drawings, many thousands of prints, and numerous tapestries and rugs

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Sound: Moroccan music - Habibi 2016