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 – Sunday, special openings 10.00 – 12.00; 14.00 – 18.00
Mondays closed
SPECIAL OPENINGS 2025:
Wednesday 1 January, New Year’s Day
Monday 6 January, Epiphany
Wednesday 19 March, St Joseph’s Day
Sunday 20 April, Easter
Monday 21 April, Easter Monday
Thursday 29 May, Ascension Day
Monday 9 June, Whit Monday
Thursday 19 June, Corpus Christi
Sunday 29 June, SS. Peter and Paul
— SPECIAL CLOSURES 2025:
Friday 18 April, Good Friday
Saturday 19 April, Holy Saturday
Thursday 1 May, Labour Day — SUMMER CLOSURE 2025: Monday 28 July – Monday 18 August inclusive
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
Marta Pedroli
Press Office Italy
Katia Bernasconi
Director’s secretary
Maria Chiara Zacchi
Graphic design
Melissa Bozzotti 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