Can Mario Museum is the Fundació Vila Casas Museum of Contemporary Sculpture in Palafrugell (Costa Brava). It was opened in 2004. It has around 220 works on show dating from the 1960s to the present day by a wide range of artists born or living in Catalonia. Temporary exhibitions are also held every year.
Temporary exhibitions are organised every year. Can Mario was a cork factory dating from the early 20th century and was one of the buildings of the Miquel & Vincke cork company. Today it is a place for contemplating art situated in the Plaça de Can Mario, where we can also find a modernista water towerWater Tower Can Mario and the Cork Museum.Cork Museum Palafrugell
Since April 2011, 33 sculpturesSculpture Garden OpeningEl Pais Sculpture Garden Opening by artists from the Empordà region of Catalonia have been placed in the Gardens of Can Mario, as permanent, open air exhibits. In October of the same year the Empordà GalleryEmpordà Gallery Artista en was opened in the Museum, for holding temporary exhibitions of artists from the region.
References
External links Can Mario Website, Fundació Vila Casas Empordà Guia Can Mario Visit Palafrugell Can Mario