The Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (MAMM; russian: link=no, Мультимедиа Арт Музей, Москва) is a Russian state museum dedicated to the presentation and development of contemporary art related to new multimedia technologies. The museum was opened in October 2010 on the grounds of the Moscow House of Photography. Initially it was founded in 1996.

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The Multimedia Art Museum Moscow was founded in 1996 as the Moscow House of Photography (MDF). It was the first Russian state art institution focused on the art of photography. In 2001, it was transformed into the Multimedia Complex of Contemporary Arts. The Complex includes the Moscow House of Photography; The

Alexander Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

, opened in 2006 and named after Russian classic of photography

Alexander Rodchenko Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ро́дченко; – 3 December 1956) was a Russian and Soviet artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer. He was one of the founders ...

; and the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (MAMM), intended to acquaint Russian audiences with contemporary art and multimedia technologies. In 2005, the museum building on Ostozhenka street, 16 went under construction, but the museum continued its exhibition and educational activities. In 2010, the Complex returned to its renovated building numbering approximately of space. The new space has four floors for exhibitions and archives for its 90,000-photograph collection. Cumulative exhibition history of MAMM and Moscow House of Photography numbers more than 1300 exhibitions in Russia and abroad, and more than 100 books issued. In the summer of 2016, the Multimedia Art Museum launched the site "History of Russia in photographs" - a non-profit project, uniting museum and private photos and photocolties created in Russia from 1860 to 1999. An online archive accommodates more than 100 thousand professional and amateur images and 100 virtual exhibitions. Anyone can send a photo from its collection or family archive to the site, or create an exhibition from the pictures available on the site. The project allows to learn a specific era, learn how to change in time life, fashion, architecture etc. File:Aleksandro Rodĉenko.jpg, Photograph of

File:Dmitry Medvedev 19 June 2008-2.jpg, The MAMM's

Olga Sviblova Olga Lvovna Sviblova (Russian: Ольга Львовна Свиблова, born on June 6, 1953 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian curator, film director, and arts administrator. In 1996, she founded the Moscow House of Photography, which later beca ...

with

Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...

and

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

in 2008 File:Albert Watson in Moscow 03.jpg, The MAMM's Olga Sviblova with Albert Watson

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* {{Authority control Art museums and galleries in Moscow New media art Photography museums and galleries in Russia Museums established in 1996 1996 establishments in Russia