The MACM, the Mougins Museum of Classical Art is an art museum located in the village of Mougins, in the Alpes-Maritimes region of France. It is 30 minutes from Nice airport and 15 minutes from the centre of Cannes. The MACM opened to the public in June 2011. The museum has won several international awards and has loaned dozens of objects to other museums and university exhibitions all over the world. The museum’s large and diverse collection of antiquities includes Roman, Greek and Egyptian sculpture, vases, coins, and jewellery, and also the world’s largest private collection of ancient arms and armour . These ancient artworks are interspersed with classically inspired paintings, drawings, and sculptures by artists such as Matisse, Chagall, Dufy, Cézanne, Rodin, Dalí, Andy Warhol, Marc Quinn, Antony Gormley, and Damien Hirst, to name but a few. The collection also includes works by artists who spent time in Mougins such as Francis Picabia, Jean Cocteau, Man Ray and Pablo Picasso . The founder of the museum is Christian Levett, a British investment manager with a passion for history and art. A fanatical, but highly ethical collector since childhood, in 2009 he decided to form a museum to place his antiquity and classical art collection on public display. The Musée de Mougins was created by remodelling a 600m2 medieval edifice to house his collection. The building itself has an interesting history as it used to be the village prison in medieval times, it was then turned into a mill before becoming a private residence in the 1950's. The interior was entirely renovated to display the collection and the façade remains in its original style. The museum’s director is Leisa Paoli.
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