“Altrarti” presents the results of our museum's research projects on ethnic artworks. These projects study an artwork from many different angles in order to explain the complexity of its various meanings and values.

La collana Dèibambini nasce col proposito di raccontare le esperienze che i bambini e i ragazzi svolgono al MUSEC. Un racconto che è testimonianza degli esiti della creatività, e che intende -al contempo- mettere a disposizione degli operatori pedagogici strumenti e riflessioni sulla didattica della museografia antropologica. Dèibambini, dunque, per richiamare l'idea d'un accostamento emozionale alla narrazione delle culture e dei loro miti, ma anche "dei bambini" nella convinzione profonda dell'utilità e del valore di un'appropriazione libera e autonoma degli spazi della fantasia.

Esovisioni publishes the results of the research path that MUSEC has been dedicating since 2005 to the theme of exoticism and, in particular, to the peculiarities and characters of the vision of cultures in works from the birth of photography to the great 20th century interpreters. Each volume presents works republished from negatives conserved in major international archives. The visual path is aimed at highlighting both the peculiarities of the author's narrative and aesthetic language, and the specificities of an anthropological and historical nature presented each time in a monographic key.

"Antropunti” is a multi-purpose series, which presents the projects and results of various kinds of artistic and anthropological research. The series includes different cultural products such as texts, images, books, audiovisual and multimedia materials, and it is divided into five different sections. The “Atti” (Proceedings) present the results of seminars and higher education activities. The “Documenti” (Documents) present the research projects and their outcome, conservation and restoration activities, educational activities and communication strategies. The “Guide” (Guides) suggest guided tours and provide scientific information on the museum collections and relevant issues. “Parole e suoni” (Words and Sounds) include stories, myths, songs, poems and other narrative expressions of traditional popular culture. “Strumenti” (Tools) are educational publications which present the contents and the technical and operational tools of the museum activities.

"Orient Art" offers a reflection on the relationship between contemporary art and non-western cultures. 

‘Global Aesthetics’, a cycle that explores the forms and languages of contemporary creativity, with the ambition of bringing the deep reasons and context of the processes of artistic creation back to the centre of attention, while placing the visitor in the ideal conditions for a nuanced aesthetic experience. 

Le attività di un moderno museo di antropologia e arte richiedono inevitabilmente che ci sia a disposizione un contenitore agile in cui fornire al pubblico una prima guida. Ricerche, esposizioni temporanee e presentazioni di ogni altro genere di attività si giovano, grazie alla collana di opuscoli Minimalia, di testi chiari e succinti, disponibili gratuitamente sul sito web musec.ch oppure acquistabili a stampa al bookshop del museo per pochi franchi.