Stories at the Museum
In early November 2022 we received a phone call from the Arcidosso Junior Book Club asking: "Can you tell the children a story about Tibet?".
MACO Museum of Arcidosso
MACO Exhibition – Silk Road Pilgrimage
The exhibition explores the centuries-old cultural & commercial connection that has existed between West and East using the principle of Interdependence
MACO Museum of Oriental Art & Culture Update
Earlier this Spring, over 400 artefacts, including personal treasures and consecrated objects from the Namkhai Collection were entrusted to the MACO.
The Evolution of Kuan-yin, the Perceiver of Sounds
Recently donated to the Namkhai Collection by Constantino Albini is the extraordinary literally divine statue of Kuan-Yin, an early Chinese Buddhist work.
Namkhai Collection at MACO
Dear all, we would like to specify that the works of art and artifacts preserved in the MACO are part of the “Namkhai Collection”, given by the Family on loan for use to the Museum.
MACO Museum of Asian Art and Culture
The Mirror recently asked us to describe our recent collaboration with the British Museum and their ResearchSpace team and a few of the ways that it will be used to help us to share the…
A MACO Call for Virtual Volunteers
The Museo di Arte e Cultura Orientale of Arcidosso has begun an exciting collaboration with the British Museum's cutting edge department of digital cultural heritage, ResearchSpace, which will help us share the Namkhai Collection with…
Restoration of the MACO Museum Building
Work has begun on the restoration of the building that is home to the MACO Museum and the Namkhai Collection in Arcidosso, Tuscany, Italy
News from the Maco Museum, Arcidosso, Italy
Our phone number and public email has also changed: email: info@macomuseum.org, phone: 05641640335. At the moment we are closed to the public for COVID.
MACO – From Lhasa to Mount Kailash and Zhang Zhung
The Museo di Arte e Cultura Orientale (MACO) is organising its fourth trip to Tibet, this September. This tour will retrace the original itinerary of the expedition to Mount Kailash and Zhang Zhung, led by…