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MAC Panamá | Museum of Contemporary Art

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Modest contemporary-art museum showcasing works from Panamanian & Latin American artists. People often mention museum, exhibition, museo, para, Panama, Excellent, interesting, small, Cruz-Diez,


Address

C. San Blas, Panamá, Provincia de Panamá, Panama

Website

macpanama.org

Contact

+507 262-3380

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (303 reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Tuesday: (Shrove Tuesday), 10 am to 5 pm, Hours might differ
  • Wednesday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Thursday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Friday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Monday: Closed

Featured Reviews


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  • 3/5 Sarah B. 5 years ago on Google
    Very difficult to get to. And when we finally got there it was closed for a week because it was installing a new exhibition. The employee was very nice and ran to get our taxi back and let us use the bathroom but would confirm it's open before going. Website didn't say it was closed.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Nathalie R. 3 months ago on Google • 199 reviews New
    The fact that they are currently closed was correctly noted on Google. I went there in the hope that they would still be open. Unfortunately they are renovating atm and setting up a new exhibition. According to the employee, this will be open to the public again from February 2024. Too bad I won't be in Panama anymore.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 yazmin c. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent and above all the program that they take with the schools where the boys put into practice the technique that they are taught in the workshop👏👏 (Original) Excelente y sobre todo el programa q llevan con las escuelas donde los chicos ponen en practica la técnica q les enseñan en el taller👏👏
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Javier Alejandro Dall'Amico L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent place to admire works of art by both national and foreign artists. Worth a visit in its entirety, cultural activities. There is parking for visitor vehicles (Original) Excelente lugar para admirar obras de arte de artistas tanto nacionales como extranjeros. Vale la pena visitarlo en su totalidad, actividades culturales. Hay estacionamiento para vehículos de visitantes
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Menú Creativo Reinier R. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is a museum created and managed by a non-governmental organization, which shows how well things can be done if there is determination and desire. Located in an old masonic lodge at the foot of Ancón hill. it is one of the most interesting points of public contact with the old Canal Zone. Although it has an important collection of mostly Panamanian and Latin American art, its agenda maintains a program of temporary exhibitions, lasting 2 to 3 months, which guarantees the contemporaneity of its exhibitions, and an approach to diverse audiences. The museum also offers a wide range of educational and dissemination events related to concurrent exhibitions. It also has a small shop, where you can buy screenprints of artists who have gone through the museum at reasonable prices, which can be framed in the museum's own workshop. Highly recommended. (Original) Se trata de un museo creado y gestionado por una organización no gubernamental, que demuestra lo bien que se pueden hacer las cosas si hay determinación y ganas. Ubicado en una antigua logia masónica a los pies del cerro Ancón. se trata de uno de los puntos más interesantes de contacto público con la antigua Zona del Canal. Aunque cuenta con una importante colección de arte mayormente panameño y latinoamericano, su agenda mantiene una programación de exhibiciones temporales, de 2 a 3 meses de duración, lo cual garantiza la contemporaneidad de sus muestras, y un acercamiento a públicos diversos. El museo también ofrece una variada oferta de eventos educativos y de difusión relacionados con las exhibiciones concurrentes. Además tiene una pequeña tienda, en la cual se pueden adquirir serigrafías de artistas que han pasado por el museo a precios razonables, las cuales pueden enmarcarse en el propio taller del museo. Altamente recomendable.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 G Gladfly (. 5 years ago on Google
    Excellent Small Privately supported museum. Donations accepted, $5.00 recommended. Offered tea, coffee and Collage Activity for visitors. I enjoyed. Walk not recommended due to expressways. Must take bus, Cab or Uber to location.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Werner S. 5 months ago on Google • 793 reviews
    Surrounded by fences on three sides, nearly impossible to get to and no free, unlike their information online indicates.

  • 4/5 Martijn van M. 1 year ago on Google • 147 reviews
    Small museum with very friendly staff. They were most helpful by providing a color plate to my 3 year old son and comforting him when he was of course not allowed to touch the paintings. The museum though seems to have fallen victim to ideology: they gave me a leaflet with many misconceptions. Native Indian communities were more open to LGBTQ, which was maybe true in one case but otherwise they were just conservative. that there is a direct link between intolerance to LGBTQ and western capitalism: also highly suggestive. All this was packed in the language of critical theory. The young endearingly friendly staff seems to have fallen victim to this nonsense, probably naively thinking it represents values they should stand for. But hey, go there, have a look and ask them some questions.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Lindsay B. 5 years ago on Google • 79 reviews
    Really charming museum. Well curated. Stylish. Donation based admission fee. Air conditioned.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Xaman 10 months ago on Google • 28 reviews
    Great place to be and enjoy art in all its diversity. The museum has a yearly gala that blends all artist around the country. 2023 it took place at distrito moda located in casco viejo Panamá
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 David G. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent! (Original) Excelente!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Joseph M. 5 years ago on Google
    This is a serious contemporary museum. So be ready for that. It’s not a tourist gallery with pretty paintings, though who knows, they may so that at times. I loved it!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Daniel M. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A very pleasant surprise, well attended, excellent sample, impeccable facilities, the only bad thing is that there are few visitors, Sunday at noon and there were half a dozen people enjoying the beautiful display of works on paper by Panamanian artists. Requires urgent promotion. (Original) Una muy grata sorpresa, bien atendido, excelente la muestra, las instalaciones impecables, lo único malo es que van pocos visitantes, domingo al mediodía y habíamos media docena de personas disfrutando la hermosa muestra de obras sobre papel de artistas panameños. Requiere urgente de promoción.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Victor H. 6 years ago on Google
    The museum is in an obscure part of Panama City but once you get there, it was an interesting collection. There are different shows at different dates throughout the year, featuring one artist or another--I think all Latin American and of good quality. The permanent collection is varied with different media--oil, photography, lithograph, line drawings. A contemporary art aficionado would be well pleased with this museum--which can only grow larger as time goes on.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 María Antonia V. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent exhibition on the Autonomous Reality of Color: CRUZ-DIEZ. The attention, the guides, the support to the visitors was quite good. There is free parking, the museum has bathrooms, water troughs and sinks. My first visit to the MAC in Panama and I will return. (Original) Excelente exposición sobre La Realidad Autónoma del Color: CRUZ-DIEZ. La atención, los guías, el apoyo a los visitantes fue bastante buena. Hay estacionamiento gratuito, el museo posee baños, bebederos de agua y lavamanos. Mi primera visita al MAC en Panamá y volveré.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Emjay P. 9 years ago on Google
    Fairly small museum. More like a gallery. There was an exhibit featuring Chinese artist and then art projects that children from Panama made. Loved the ideas for art projects for kids and met a really nice, funny man named Santiago that showed me the studio in the museum where a painter/printer works. I wish there was more art by people from Panama! The gift store had some books featuring famous artists from panama though. Fours stars because I am a bit biased as an art educator and I got to talk to Santiago for a bit.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ricardo P. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent place to spend some time, currently presents works of indigenous Panamanians (Original) Excelente sitio para pasar un rato, actualmente presenta obras de indígenas Panameños
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Eze P. 5 years ago on Google
    It's more of an art gallery than a museum. All of the artwork they had was incredible. It's very small so I wouldn't plan on spending more than 30-40 minutes there.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Adlenis Contreras V. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Artistic space, where Panamanians and foreigners can enjoy the artistic manifestations that are exhibited in their areas (Original) Espacio artístico, donde los panameños y extranjeros pueden disfrutar de las manifestaciones artísticas que se exponen en sus áreas
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mariela Yuvinka P. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Interesting exhibition of dulemar. (Original) Interesante exposición de dulemar.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jeffrey M. 2 years ago on Google • 121 reviews
    A very nice small small museum with a couple of tightly curated current shows. English versions would have been helpful but that’s my English-entitled take on things. Worth a stop, can’t make an afternoon out of it. Kudos to the community

  • 3/5 Alexander M. 6 years ago on Google • 116 reviews
    Check the current expo before going. they are always changing the curation.

  • 4/5 Susan T. 7 months ago on Google • 74 reviews
    Good library of old art books to read close to coffee shop. The video exposition is boring.

  • 5/5 Jennifer W. 4 years ago on Google • 39 reviews
    We were very pleasantly surprised by this place. No, it's not huge, and maybe not a "museum", but nevertheless engaging and enjoyable. A small but varied selection of original art in a relaxed atmosphere. A bit of a challenge to get to but totally worth it.

  • 5/5 ALEX P. 5 years ago on Google
    Great exhibitions and cultural initiatives

  • 5/5 Reymar G. 2 years ago on Google
    I loved the art and history of this place, a must for any person that appreciates or want to know more about art.

  • 3/5 M. Scott G. 3 months ago on Google • 12 reviews New
    There was a retrospective when we visited about the building of the museum. That wasn't very interesting for us.

  • 4/5 Soraya Viloria Montes de Oca (. 7 years ago on Google
    Popped in today for a quick visit and it offered a very good exhibition in the ground floor but nothing else to speak off on the floors above. Staff was helpful and friendly. My advice check what they are exhibiting before you come that should make you decide if it is worth the effort.

  • 5/5 Federica F. 1 year ago on Google
    Very interesting and informative museum. Staff is amazing and very well prepared.

  • 5/5 Teacher Miss K. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Incredible experience for children. (Original) Increíble experiencia para los niños.

  • 3/5 Gerardo G. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Small, it would be great if it was better located, with easier access (Original) Pequeño, sería genial que estuviera mejor ubicado, con un acceso más fácil

  • 1/5 Bryan C. 4 years ago on Google
    Museum is closed for a few months so don’t waste your time trying to get here at the moment

  • 5/5 Berenike 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very interesting museum and good healing (Original) museo muy interesante y buena curacion

  • 5/5 Sergio V. 6 years ago on Google
    The gallery always has great art to show I'm never disappoint, a great place expand your mind with great art.

  • 4/5 Carlos M. 5 years ago on Google
    Local gallery (there's no permanent exhibition here). I have mixed reviews about this place, not the quietest place, there's usually cellphones ringing, administrative personnel talking loud an even dogs barking. On the other hand some of the most interesting art exhibitions are held here, curatorship is most of the time excelent.

  • 2/5 John b. 5 years ago on Google
    Unfortunately not much in there. Gave a feel for Panama, in one film room .$ 4.00,

  • 5/5 Mario P. 6 years ago on Google
    A good place to do something different

  • 5/5 Stelios M. 4 years ago on Google
    Excellent effort!

  • 4/5 Michael M. 6 years ago on Google
    Nice selection however short in length and goes short in variety

  • 5/5 David D. 4 years ago on Google
    ✌🍁☀️🍇🌤🌬💪

  • 5/5 Blythe C. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice collections. Regular exhibition change.

  • 5/5 Eileen H. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Wuao that beautiful its perfect facilities, if you like to spend a creative moment full recommended for the smallest of the house and family Nice place! (Original) Wuao que bonito sus instalaciones perfectas, si gusta pasar un momento creativo full recomendado para los más pequeños de la casa y familiares ¡ Agradable lugar !

  • 1/5 Lucia A. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Disappointing. The word museum is too big for him. (Original) Decepcionante. La palabra museo le queda grande.

  • 1/5 María C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) How is it possible that in full 2019 the museum does not have an elevator? We had to ask strangers for help to help us see the second floor of the Carlos Cruz-Diez exhibition. The bathroom is not adapted either. Although the manager (I think that was his position) helped us by closing the bathroom door so that no one else would enter, it is extremely difficult to get in a wheelchair. (Original) ¿Cómo es posible que en pleno 2019 el museo no cuente con un ascensor? Tuvimos que pedirle ayuda a extraños para que nos ayudaran a ver el segundo piso de la exposición de Carlos Cruz-Diez. El baño tampoco está adaptado. Aunque la manager (creo que ese era su puesto) nos ayudó cerrando la puerta de los baños para que no entrara nadie más, es extremadamente difícil entrar en silla de ruedas.

  • 5/5 Federico Barrera L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Thanks to the people of the MAC for the effort and work for this exhibition by Maestro Cruz-Diez. We look forward to attending the next ones. It was nice to see people line up. We must emphasize to those who attend that you cannot use flash when taking photos. (Original) Gracias a la gente del MAC por el esfuerzo y trabajo para esta exposición del Maestro Cruz-Diez. Esperamos poder asistir a las próximas. Daba gusto ver a la gente hacer fila. Hay que hacer énfasis a los que asistimos que no se puede usar flash cuando toman fotos.

  • 5/5 Antonio A. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) +++ fantastic +++ "Cruz-Diez: the color becoming" Solo show in MAC Panama Until 18 August 2019 (Original) +++fantastic+++ "Cruz-Diez: el color haciéndose" Solo show in MAC Panamá Until 18 August 2019

  • 5/5 Mefyboseth Guerra D. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Magnificent place (Original) Magnífico lugar.

  • 5/5 Gustavo Angulo C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Awesome designs (Original) Impresionantes diseños

  • 4/5 Virginia V. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I loved the Dulemar exhibition. Beautiful paintings. The Gunas have a fascinating culture. (Original) Me encantó la exposición Dulemar. Hermosas pinturas. Los gunas tienen una cultura fascinante.

  • 3/5 Jorge H. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Ugly (Original) Muy feo

  • 4/5 Sebastián Caballero V. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good attention but the exhibition is not so interesting (Original) Buena atencion pero la exposicion no son tan interesante

  • 4/5 Luis L. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Interesting. I did not know that museum (Original) Interesante. No conocía ese museo


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair rental
    • ✗ Assistive hearing loop
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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