Since its inauguration, the MACO has presented several exhibitions introducing many facets of Tibet Buddhism, history, and culture in situ and online
MACO Museum of Arcidosso
The Secret Murals of the Lukhang Temple
Video interview: The Secret Murals of the Lukhang Temple, Photographs by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – a visit to the exhibition with curator Jakob Winkler.
The Secret Murals of the Lukhang Temple
This exhibition of photographs taken by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1981 will be inaugurated on June 23 at the MACO Museum in the Castle in Arcidosso
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 Namkhai Collection with our Community members around the world.
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 our Community members around the world and beyond.
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.
Meditation in Motion, Footsteps to the Sublime
Meditation in Motion, Footsteps to the Sublime (September 2019–October 2020) is the second iteration of an exhibition featuring the revealed Vajra dances of Namkhai Norbu, and now, in this museum exhibition, the fuller Buddhist and Dzogchen context of visionary dances.
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 Prof. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, thirty years ago.
The World of Tibetan Dance in Greece
The Chili Art Gallery, in Athens will host “Meditation in Motion”, a photographic exhibition and video installation exploring the world of Tibetan Dance, curated by the Museum of Asian Art and Culture of Arcidosso, in Italy.