Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art

Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago
Museum view from Parque Forestal.
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Established1947
LocationParque Forestal
Quinta Normal
TypeModern art and contemporary art
DirectorFrancisco Brugnoli
CuratorMontserrat Rojas
Websitehttp://www.mac.uchile.cl
Museum view from Quinta Normal.

The Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art (Spanish: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago or MAC) is located in Santiago, Chile. It is one of the city's major museums, created in 1947, and is run by the University of Chile Faculty of Arts. Since 2005, the museum has had two separate sites: MAC Parque Forestal and MAC Quinta Normal Park.

The museum specializes in modern and contemporary art and focuses on the development, study, and dissemination of modern art through exhibitions and other activities. It also concentrates on protecting the cultural heritage that forms its collection, which is made up by over 2,000 pieces and files.

One of the museum's sites is located in Parque Forestal behind the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes) and sharing its grand Palacio de Bellas Artes building. The other site is located in Quinta Normal Park.