m.a.x. museo
Via Dante Alighieri 6
6830 Chiasso
T +41 (0)58 122 42 52
F +41 (0)58 122 48 96
info@maxmuseo.ch
Instagram: @maxmuseo
Facebook: Max Museo
Twitter: @maxmuseo
Opening times
Tuesday-Friday and public holidays: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.; 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday: 10.30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Mondays closed
SUMMER CLOSURE 2026:
Saturday 25 July – Monday 17 August inclusive
SPECIAL OPENING DAYS 2026:
Sunday 1 November, All Saints’ Day
Tuesday 8 December, Immaculate Conception
Saturday 26 December, St Stephen’s Day
SPECIAL CLOSING DAYS 2026:
Thursday 24 December, Christmas Eve
Friday 25 December, Christmas Day
Thursday 31 December, New Year’s Eve
SPECIAL OPENING DAYS 2027:
Friday 1 January, New Year’s Day
Wednesday 6 January, Epiphany
Friday 19 March, St Joseph’s Day
Sunday 28 March, Easter
Monday 29 March, Easter Monday
Thursday 6 May, Ascension Day
Monday 17 May, Whit Monday
Thursday 27 May, Corpus Christi
Tuesday 29 June, Saints Peter and Paul
Sunday 1 August, Swiss National Day
Sunday 15 August, Assumption
SPECIAL CLOSURES 2027:
Friday 26 March, Good Friday
Saturday 27 March, Holy Saturday
Saturday 1 May, Labour Day
Staff
Nicoletta Ossanna Cavadini
Director
nicoletta.cavadini@maxmuseo.ch
Veronica Trevisan
Assistant Director, Responsible for Communication,
coordination and public relations
Laila Meroni Petrantoni
Press Office Switzerland
Stefania Bertelli
Press Office Italy
M +39 39 3396193818
stefania.bertelli@artemidepr.it
Katia Bernasconi
Director’s secretary
Maria Chiara Zacchi
Graphic design
Arianna Stöckli
Graphic Intern SUPSI
Gianfranco Gentile
Custodian
gianfranco.gentile@maxmuseo.ch
Lorena Belometti
Bookshop
Getting here
On foot In the square with Chiasso Town Hall, turn into Via Vincenzo Vela, forming a right angle with Corso San Gottardo; then turn left into Via Dante Alighieri.
By train St. Gotthard railway line, alight at Chiasso international railway station
By bus AMSA Line 1 (Chiasso – Mendrisio) Line 2 (Circolare Basso Mendrisiotto) 511 (Chiasso – Pedrinate – Seseglio – Balerna) SPT Como CC1 (Chiasso – Como Centre – S. Fermo) Auto Postale 513 (Chiasso – Vacallo – Morbio Superiore – Mendrisio) 515 (Chiasso – Morbio Inferiore – Muggio) 517 (Chiasso – Novazzano – Mendrisio)
By car A2 motorway (Basel–Chiasso) exit Chiasso centre From Italy: A9 motorway, Brogeda customs, first exit Chiasso
By plane Lugano– Agno Airport is 29 km away Milan Malpensa Airport 60 km away Milan Linate Airport 70 km away
Services
Bookshop
Located at the entrance to the m.a.x. museo. Open at exhibition times and days. Books, gadgets, toys, postcards and much more!
Wardrobe and storage items No rucksacks and handbags are allowed in the exhibition spaces, but the m.a.x. museo has a wardrobe and lockers for storing handbags and small bags.
Disabled access The m.a.x. museo has disabled access.
Where to stay
Arthotel Hotel Garni Centro Corso San Gottardo 80 6830 Chiasso (ingresso da Via Giuseppe Verdi) T-F +41 (0)91 682 36 86 info@hotelgarnicentro.com www.hotelgarnicentro.com
Mövenpick Albergo Touring Piazza Indipendenza 1 6830 Chiasso T +41 (0)91 682 53 31 F +41 (0)91 682 56 61 hotel.touring@moevenpick.com
Bahnhof Haus Via G. Motta 6830 Chiasso T +41 (0)91 683 90 50 F +41 (0)91 683 90 51 info@bahnhofhaus.com www.bahnhofhaus.com
Residence Tell Via Guglielmo Tell 9 6830 Chiasso T. +41 79 958 18 11
B&B Vecchia Osteria Via Campora 11 6832 Seseglio T. +41 91 682 72 72 info@vecchiaosteria.ch www.vecchiaosteria.ch