Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem; French: Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée) is a national museum located in Marseille, France. It was inaugurated on 7 June 2013 as part of Marseille-Provence 2013, a year when Marseille was designated as the European Capital of Culture. In 2015, it won the Council of Europe Museum Prize.
Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée | |
Mucem logo | |
Exterior of the Mucem | |
Location in Marseille Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (France) | |
| Established | 1 June 2013 |
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| Location | Marseille, France |
| Coordinates | 43.295278°N 5.361944°E |
| Type | National museum of ethnology |
| President | Jean-François Chougnet |
| Architect | Rudy Ricciotti and Roland Carta |
| Owner | Government of France |
| Website | mucem |
Between 2013 and 2016, the Mucem welcomed 8.5 million visitors, including 2.2 million in its exhibition spaces. The museum is therefore presented as a tool for the attractiveness of the territory of the metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence.
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