Malta International Contemporary Art Space

Gallery

Gallery · Valletta, Malta 35.8951°N 14.5024°E

Why you should go

Ninety seconds on Malta International Contemporary Art Space

Cost

TicketedConcessions offered

Season

Tue to Sun10:00 to 18:00

Access

In FlorianaSan Salvatore bastions

Opening hours

What are MICAS opening hours?

As of November 2026, MICAS opens Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 and is usually closed on Mondays. For public holidays and special exhibitions, check micas.art for the current hours.

Tickets

Is MICAS ticketed?

Yes. As of November 2026, admission is ticketed, with reduced rates for seniors, students and children. Children under 5 go free. Current rates are on micas.art.

Before MICAS

What was the Ospizio complex before MICAS?

A Knights-era poorhouse, which at one time served as a gunpowder store. The state restored it together with the surrounding 17th-century fortifications, and MICAS opened there in late 2024.

There was no museum of contemporary art in Malta before MICAS. Now four storeys of international touring shows fill the galleries inside the old harbour bastions, and a sculpture garden on the ramparts looks across Marsamxett Harbour to Valletta.

What makes it special

Inside, contemporary architecture is set into the restored fortifications. The programme brings international artists and touring exhibitions to Malta.

Shows by Maltese artists, among them Caesar Attard, Vince Briffa and Anton Grech, run alongside them. The museum is also set to house Malta's national contemporary art and design collection.

Joana Vasconcelos opened the museum with her monumental sculptures, and a later show surveyed Milton Avery and his legacy. Check micas.art for what is on.

Outdoors, the garden on the earthen parapet of the San Salvatore counterguard holds permanent works by Ugo Rondinone, Conrad Shawcross and the Maltese artist Ray Pitrè.

The Vaults are a smaller, more intimate gallery in the heart of the bastion.

Visiting

You enter at the Ospizio Complex, Bieb il-Pulverista, on Triq Joseph J Mangion in Floriana. Exhibitions fill the indoor galleries, a set of interchangeable, moveable rooms.

Then head outside. Terraces and outdoor galleries lead to the sculpture garden, with sea views across the harbour.

The campus covers 8,360 square metres, of which 1,400 are indoor galleries, so leave time for the garden. The complex also has a café, a shop, workshop spaces and an events garden. Questions about a visit go to info@micas.art.