Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
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The Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, abbreviated MMVI, (Arabic: متحف محمد السادس للفن الحديث والمعاصر, romanized: Matḥaf Muḥammad al-Sādis lil-Fann al-Hadīth wa-al-Muʻāṣir) is a contemporary and modern art museum in Rabat, Morocco which opened in 2014. It is one of fourteen museums of the National Foundation of Museums of Morocco. The museum curates modern and contemporary Moroccan and international art. The MMVI is the first large scale museum built in Morocco since independence from France in 1956. It was the first Moroccan public museum to meet International Museography Standards. The museum houses the works of 200 Moroccan artists, including Hassan Hajjaj and Ahmed Yacoubi.
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