MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna

MAMbo, the Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, is the city's museum of modern and contemporary art, housed at Via Don Giovanni Minzoni 14 in the former municipal bakery, the Ex Forno del Pane, in the Bolognina district of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The converted industrial building has large, bright, flexible halls well suited to modern art. The permanent collection concentrates on Italian art from the 1950s onward, including Arte Povera, conceptual work, and painting and sculpture by artists connected to the city, among them Giorgio Morandi, whose still lifes are closely linked to Bologna. Temporary exhibitions occupy much of the space and change several times a year, so the content varies by season. Visitors can expect large installations, photography and video alongside painting. A visit takes one to two hours. The building offers a bookshop and a cafe, and the surrounding area has been redeveloped as a cultural district. The museum is quiet most of the time, with busiest periods on weekend afternoons and during opening nights. Hours at the time of the listing are Tuesday and Wednesday from 2PM to 7PM, Thursday from 2PM to 8PM, and Friday to Sunday from 10AM to 7PM, closed on Monday, but these change, so confirm at mambo-bologna.org. Admission is paid, with reduced rates and free entry with the Card Musei Metropolitani, and occasional cheap evenings such as the European Night of Museums. The museum is about ten minutes' walk from Bologna Centrale via Via Don Minzoni, which makes it an easy stop on arrival or departure. Photography is usually allowed in the permanent collection but restricted in some temporary shows.