The MAMA Museum in the historical centre of Atzara, is housed in the rooms of a fully restored nineteenth-century building.
The town of Atzara is linked to the figures of Eduardo Chicharro Agüera, Antonio Ortiz Echagüe and Bernardo De Quirós; Spanish Costumbrista artists who arrived in the town between 1906 and 1909 because they were enthralled by the local folk attire and traditions.
This is how the small Barbarcia town became the centre for the development of a Spanish-inspired, native pictorial language which attracted artists like Antonio Ballero, Giuseppe Biasi, Filippo Figari, Carmelo Floris and Stanis Dessy.
The collection is set out across three floors in the building and divided into three distinct sections: historical, artistic and lastly one dedicated to temporary exhibitions.
The historical section includes a photographic collection with images of the town in the early decades of the Twentieth century; the artistic one, on the other hand, displays the works of Sardinian and foreign artists produced between the end of the Nineteen hundreds and the early decades of the Twentieth century.
