Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves

About the museum

The Serralves Foundation was created in 1989, and the Museum of Contemporary Art is its main cultural institution. The building was designed by the architect Álvaro Siza, work starting in 1991, and the museum opened in 1999, integrated into the surroundings of the gardens, the Park and the Casa de Serralves. The building was conceived to adapt to the diversity and unpredictability of the contemporary art shown there.

The same ticket gives access to the museum and the Álvaro Siza Wing, the Serralves Park, the Treetop Walk, the Casa de Serralves and the Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira. The Casa de Serralves is an example of 20th-century Art Deco architecture of the 1930s, with contributions by names such as Marques da Silva, Charles Siclis, Ruhlmann, Lalique and Edgar Brandt, and was the residence of Count Carlos Alberto Cabral.

The Foundation has a contemporary art collection, an education service, a library and a regular programme of temporary exhibitions, performing arts, film and talks, with a programme of touring shows from the collection.

Highlights

• Museum building designed by Álvaro Siza, opened in 1999
• Casa de Serralves, an example of Art Deco architecture of the 1930s
• Serralves Park and Treetop Walk included in the ticket
• Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira
• Contemporary art collection and programme of performing arts and film

Founded

1989

Operated by

Fundação de Serralves

Admission & discounts

Free admission: First Sunday of each month, for residents of Portugal

The Serralves ticket (€24) gives access to all the Foundation's spaces: Museum of Contemporary Art, Álvaro Siza Wing, Park, Treetop Walk, Casa de Serralves and Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira. Free admission also for Friends of Serralves and BPI cardholders; 20% discount with the Porto Card and the Cartão Jovem. There are combined tickets with other Porto institutions and guided group tours, with their own rates and prior booking.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum library provides computers with free access for blind and partially sighted people. Guide dogs and assistance dogs are admitted.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The education service offers family workshops and activities for children; the “Família/Grupo” ticket reduces the price for two adults and two young people.

Getting there & parking

The Metrobus departs from Casa da Música and Praça do Império, stopping at Serralves; on metro line D, change at Trindade station.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Wi-Fi

Free Wi-Fi in Serralves Park, outside the museum and the house, on the restaurant terrace and in the museum library. Restaurant, Tea House and Auditorium Bar; shop and bookshop. The museum cloakroom, next to the ticket office, also serves the Casa de Serralves and the Casa do Cinema; indoor and outdoor bicycle parking.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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