When people visit the Louvre in Paris, they go to appreciate centuries of fine art. When people visit the Museum of Modern Art in New York, they admire one of the largest collections of modern art, and when they visit the Mumac Museum of Coffee Machines in Milan, they witness the history and cultural phenomenon of espresso machine manufacturing. But the reality is, they discover so much more.
The museum was first commissioned in 2012 to celebrate Gruppo Cimbali’s centenary. Architect Paolo Balzanelli and Valerio Cometti of V12 Design were the team responsible for transforming the former spare parts warehouse into a historical masterpiece.
“We can therefore call Mumac ‘the’ coffee machine museum. It is the only one of its kind in the world, which resulted from the union of two passions and two collections: that of Maurizio Cimbali [Cimbali Group President] and
