Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas
Municipal museum of contemporary Portuguese art showing the António Cachola Collection in a Baroque building, the former Misericórdia hospital.
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About the museum
The Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (MACE) opened in 2007 under the Câmara Municipal de Elvas, with the aim of strengthening the city's cultural offer and creating a regional, cross-border, national and international dialogue through contemporary art.
The museum holds on deposit the Coleção António Cachola, a private collection of exclusively Portuguese art with no disciplinary, thematic or aesthetic limits, covering works from the 1980s to the present day. It is considered one of the most important private collections in Portugal and in 2016 received the “A” Prize for Private Collecting from the Fundación ARCO.
The MACE occupies the former Misericórdia hospital, a building of great architectural value in the historic centre of Elvas. The conversion project preserved the building's structural elements and spatial quality, and the windows at street level connect the interior with the outside and act as a showcase for the exhibitions. The auditorium, also called the Salão Nobre (grand hall), retains blue and white azulejo panels from around 1740.
Highlights
- António Cachola Collection of Portuguese art since the 1980s
- Works by Joana Vasconcelos, such as “A Noiva” (The Bride)
- Salão Nobre with azulejos from 1740
- Former Misericórdia hospital, converted into a museum
- Exhibitions from the collection, rotated regularly
Permanent exhibition
- Coleção António Cachola – Rotating display of Portuguese art since the 1980s, with artists such as Joana Vasconcelos, Carla Filipe and José Pedro Croft.
- Founded
- 2007
- Operated by
- Município de Elvas
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €2.50Young people aged 12 to 18 |
| Children & teens | €2.50free up to age 11 · Children under 12 have free admission; from 12 to 18 the ticket costs €2.50. |
Free admission: Sunday and public holiday mornings; 18 May (International Museum Day)
Exempt from payment: study visits, cultural agents, researchers, journalists, members of APOM, ICOM and AICA, artists in the collection, and residents of Elvas.
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | The museum has an education service, with its own e-mail contact. |
