Fundaçao Serralves and Contemporary Art Museum

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Fundaçao Serralves and Contemporary Art Museum

The Fundaçao Serralves was founded in 1989, following an agreement between the Portuguese government and a group of private people, who shared the common desire to bring contemporary art to common people, and to draw the environmental issues to public attention.

The complex is a huge lively art centre. The nucleon is constituted by the Casa Serralves, the National museum for contemporary art and the surrounding Park .
Casa Serralves, bought by the State in 1986, was built in 1940 by the textile entrepreneur Carlos Alberto Cobra, who took inspiration from the most modern architecture tendencies of the age, combining art deco elements and essential Bauhaus style. Some of the major artists of the age took part in the project, like the decorator Edgar Brandt, the glassmaker René Lalique, and Emile Jacques.The house was used as a centre for contemporary art exhibitions, with retrospectives by world renowned artists.

The surrounding park covers a surface of 18 hectares, including lawns, siepi, a lovely lake, fountains, a rose plantation and a botanic garden. An open air museum of sculpture is also stage in the park, as well as the headquarter of the Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, built at the end of the ‘90s on a project of the greatest living Portuguese architect: Âlvaro Siza Vieira. Inaugurated in year 2000, this big white minimalist structure hosts temporary art exhibitions, a permanent exhibition of Portuguese and foreign artists from 1960 to present days, a library and a auditorium where concerts and performances are held.

Fundaçao Serralves
Rua Dom João de Castro, 210

Opening time (in force by 2nd January 2009):
Museum:
Tue-Fri.: 10:00am-17:00 pm
Sat-Sun and public holidays: 10:00am-20:00 pm
Casa:
Tue-Fri.: 10:00am-17:00 pm
Sat-Sun and public holidays: 10:00am-19:00 pm
Parck:
Tue-Fri.: 10:00 am-19:00 pm
Sat-Sun and public holidays-10:00 am - 20:00 pm
Ticket office:
Tue-Fri.: 10:00 am -18:30 pm
Sat-Sun and public holidays: 10:00am-19:30 pm
Car park:
Tue-Fri.: 10:00 am-19:00 pm
Sat-Sun and public holidays: 10:00 am-20:00 pm
Entrance from Largo Dom João III, permitted until18:30 pm from Tuesday to Friday, and until 19:30 pm on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays

Tickets:
Full ticket Museum+ Park : € 5,00
Park: € 2,50
Reductions for holders of the Young Card and adults over 65: Museum+ Park:€ 2,50

Free admission for young people under 18, university students and dottorandi. Car park € 0,80/h.

Facilities: bookshop, bar, restaurant, audio guide, free wi-fi connection.

The whole area of the foundation is provided with access for disabled people.

Closed on Mondays, with the exception of the bar, restaurant and auditorium, and on 25th December, 1st January.

How to reach::

By car:
The foundation lies 4 km from the city centre. Take Avenida da Boavista in directionFoz.
Gps coordinates: Rua Dom João de Castro, 210
Latitude: 41° 9'35.40”N
Longitude: 8°39'35.35”W

By bus:
Lines 201, 203, 207, 502, 504 and Stcp tourist circuit.

By underground:
From the city centre line A, B, C, E: stop in Casa Da Música. From here interchange with line 201, 203, 502 and 504 in Rotunda da Boavista

For Info:
Web: http://www.serralves.pt/
Mail: serralves@serralves.pt