Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea – Museu do Chiado
National museum in Chiado with a collection of Portuguese art from the mid-19th century, housed in the former Convent of São Francisco.
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About the museum
The Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea – Museu do Chiado was founded in 1911, when the former Museu Nacional de Belas-Artes e Arqueologia was split into two museums. The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga kept the works made up to 1850, and the new museum received the later ones, installing itself in the Convent of São Francisco, next to the Academy of Fine Arts.
The convent complex was severely affected by the 1755 earthquake. After the fire that struck Chiado in 1988, the museum reopened in 1994, with a renovation project by the French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte. In 2015 it also took over the former Civil Government building of Lisbon, on Rua Capelo.
The collection of Portuguese art includes painting, sculpture, drawing, video, photography and installation, and allows visitors to trace the history of Portuguese art from the second half of the 19th century to the present day. Represented artists include, among others, Columbano Bordallo Pinheiro, José Malhoa, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Almada Negreiros, Mário Eloy, Lourdes Castro and Helena Almeida.
The exhibitions present the period between 1850 and 1975, from Romanticism and Symbolism through the ruptures of the early 20th century to Modernism and conceptual art. Works from 1975 to the present day are shown in temporary exhibitions.
Highlights
- Collection of Portuguese art from 1850 to 1975
- Works by Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Almada Negreiros, Columbano and José Malhoa
- Former Convent of São Francisco, renovated by Jean-Michel Wilmotte
- Garden of Portuguese Sculpture
- Temporary exhibitions of art from 1975 onwards
Permanent exhibition
- Coleção de arte portuguesa, 1850–1975 – Painting, sculpture and drawing from Romanticism and Symbolism to Modernism and conceptual art.
- Founded
- 1911
- Operated by
- Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, E.P.E.
- Director
- Filipa Oliveira
- Visitors per year
- approx. 52,901
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €10 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €5Visitors aged 65 or over, young people aged 13 to 24 and families with at least one adult and one child: 50% discount. |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 12 · Free admission up to and including age 12. |
| Seniors | €5Visitors aged 65 or over: 50% discount. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Visitors with a disability and one companion: free admission. |
| Students & apprentices | €5Young people aged 13 to 24: 50% discount. |
| Families | –Families with at least one adult and one child: 50% discount on the standard ticket. |
Free admission: Residents of Portugal: free access to the museums and monuments of Museus e Monumentos de Portugal up to 52 days a year, on any day of the week, upon presentation of the Cartão de Cidadão at the ticket office.
Standard ticket: €10; also available online. 50% discounts on the standard ticket for visitors aged 65 or over, young people aged 13 to 24 and families with at least one adult and one child. Free admission also for unemployed residents of the European Union, researchers and museum professionals on duty, former combatants, accredited tourism and media professionals, and members of ICOM, ICOMOS and APOM; free admission requires proof at the ticket office.
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Amenities & dining
- Café
- Museum shop
Shop, café, documentation centre and library, Garden of Portuguese Sculpture.
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