Panama Museum of Contemporary Art, Contemporary art museum in Ancón, Panama.

The Panama Museum of Contemporary Art is housed in the former Masonic Temple in Ancón, bought and remodelled in 1983 with contributions from companies and individuals plus a loan from the Caja de Ahorros de Panamá. Its holdings number around 1,200 works, from pieces dated before 1962 to recent installations, covering painting, sculpture, graphics and photography by Panamanian and Latin American artists.

The Panamanian Institute of Art (Panarte) was founded in 1962 as a non-profit organisation promoting Panamanian art, operating in rented premises and staging exhibitions, plays, concerts and films. In 1983 the board bought and remodelled the old Masonic Temple in Ancón, in the former Canal Zone, using donations and a loan from the Caja de Ahorros de Panamá, and the Museum of Contemporary Art was created. Coqui Calderón and Graciela de Eleta led the transformation and received the Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa.

The museum's name comes from its 1983 founding as the Museum of Contemporary Art, and its collection grew from works donated by each artist who exhibited at the Panamanian Institute of Art. Today it holds around 1,200 pieces, from pre-1962 works to recent installations, and its educational programme offers drawing, painting and graphic design classes, guided visits and talks on art history.

The museum runs a framing workshop and offers drawing, painting and graphic design classes alongside guided visits for school and group bookings. Its archive holds exhibition catalogues and volumes on Panamanian and Latin American artists and on specific art periods, open to student research. The building stands on Calle San Blas, Avenida de los Mártires, in Ancón.

This is the only dedicated collection of contemporary art in Panama, making it the central gathering place for modern artistic exchange and development in the country. The collection draws artists and researchers who want to understand how the region's art has evolved.