The MA*GA– Museo Arte Gallarate is one of the most relevant museums of modern and contemporary art in Italy. The museum was founded in 1966 as the Civic Gallery of Modern Art of Gallarate with works acquired during the early editions of the National Visual Arts Prize City of Gallarate, active since 1949. Currently, the museum is managed by the Foundation Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art Silvio Zanella, established in 2009 through an agreement between the Municipality of Gallarate and the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities. The foundation's mission is to develop the museum's activities, from the conservation of the collection, which currently includes more than 6,000 works of Italian art from the post-war period to the present, to exhibitions, to educational activities for audiences of all ages. Since 2015, the Tapestry Room Ottavio Missoni has also been permanently set up, dedicated to the work of the great artist and designer who, in 1953, together with his wife Rosita, founded their fashion house in Gallarate.