Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira
Building by Álvaro Siza in the Serralves estate, with a permanent exhibition and archive of Manoel de Oliveira, film screenings and exhibitions.
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About the museum
The exhibition with which the Serralves Foundation marked the centenary of Manoel de Oliveira in 2008 gave rise to the Casa do Cinema. On 20 April 2009 the filmmaker and the Foundation signed a deposit agreement that brought to the museum the extraordinary documentary collection assembled by Oliveira over more than eighty years. That document set out the general lines of the future house.
The architect Álvaro Siza was invited to design a new building within the Serralves estate, and António Preto was tasked with drawing up the museum programme. The project was presented publicly on 15 November 2013, the date of a second agreement that set the objectives, the way it would operate and the house's place within the structure of the Foundation. Construction began in January 2018, and the Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira opened on 24 June 2019. In 2020 the building received the Prémio do Imobiliário in the rehabilitation and reconstruction category.
The house brings together a permanent exhibition, a documentation centre and film screenings that give regular access to Oliveira's work. It also presents temporary exhibitions, thematic and monographic film cycles, retrospectives, lectures, publications and educational programmes. In conjunction with the Museu de Arte Contemporânea, it reflects on how moving images pass between the gallery and the cinema hall.
Highlights
- Permanent exhibition on Manoel de Oliveira
- Documentation centre with the filmmaker's archive
- Building designed by Álvaro Siza
- Auditorium with film screenings, cycles and lectures
- Included in the Bilhete Serralves, with the museum, the park and the Casa de Serralves
Permanent exhibition
- Exposição permanente sobre Manoel de Oliveira – Permanent display linked to the archive that the filmmaker deposited at Serralves, in the building designed by Álvaro Siza.
- Founded
- 2019
- Operated by
- Fundação de Serralves
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €24 |
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| Reduced | €12Bilhete Serralves, which gives access to all of the Foundation's spaces; 50% discount for young people aged 12 to 17, students up to the age of 25 and people over 65. |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 11 · Free admission for children under 12. |
| Seniors | €1250% discount from the age of 65. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for visitors with a certified disability of 60% or more and one companion. |
| Students & apprentices | €1250% discount up to the age of 25, with proof. |
| Groups | –Guided group visits have their own rate and require prior booking. |
| Families | –Family/group ticket (2 adults and 2 young people, students or seniors): €58; residents of Portugal €48. |
| Bilhete Serralves for residents of Portugal (box office only) | €20With citizen card or residence card. |
| Late-afternoon ticket (Monday to Thursday, from 17:00) | €15Residents of Portugal €12; includes the museum, the park, the Casa de Serralves and the Casa do Cinema; last admission at 18:00. |
| Film screening (Domingos na Casa do Cinema cycle) | €3Students, young people, people over 65 and Friends of Serralves €1.50 (value of a 2023 cycle, subject to change). |
Free admission: Free admission on the first Sunday of each month for residents of Portugal.
The Casa do Cinema is included in the Bilhete Serralves (€24), which gives access to the museum, the Álvaro Siza wing, the park, the Treetop Walk, the Casa de Serralves and the Casa do Cinema. Friends of Serralves and holders of the BPI card enter free; 20% discounts for the Porto Card and for the youth card.
Accessibility
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 11 |
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- Family tours & workshops
The Casa do Cinema has educational programmes; children under 12 do not pay admission to the Foundation.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Serralves
STCP buses 201 (Aliados – Viso – Serralves stop), 207 (Campanhã – Foz – Museu Serralves stop), 502 (Pinhais da Foz stop) and 504 (João R. Cabrilho stop); Porto Metro to Casa da Música (lines A, B, C, E and F) and Metrobus from Casa da Música or Praça do Império, Serralves stop.
Amenities & dining
- Café
- Restaurant
- Museum shop
The Serralves Foundation has a restaurant, a tearoom and an auditorium bar, as well as a shop.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Entry to screenings in the Casa do Cinema auditorium is from Rua de Serralves, no. 873, 30 minutes before the start. Guided group visits require prior booking. |
