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Museum · Benevento (BN)

Museum of Contemporary Art Sannio (ARCOS)

  • Visit: about 1 h 30 min
Pictured: Benevento · Dэя-Бøяg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

In the vaults of Benevento's Palazzo del Governo, ARCOS hosts temporary exhibitions of Italian and international contemporary art.

Beneath Benevento's Palazzo del Governo hides a surprising museum: ARCOS, the Museum of Contemporary Art Sannio. These basement rooms served as an air-raid shelter during the Second World War and later as a store; recovered from 2002 to a design by Vittorio Maria Berruti, they opened in 2005 as an exhibition space.We love the atmosphere of the rooms, up to five metres high, vaulted and linked by arches, with exposed tuff and stone. The museum has no permanent collection of its own: instead it offers temporary exhibitions by Italian and foreign artists, with particular attention to Campania. We suggest checking the current exhibition before your visit.

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