Ceramic Museum Lisbon

Museu de lisboa museum of lisbon former museu da cidade city museum is a multi branched museum in which lisbon and its stories reveal themselves under different perspectives.

Ceramic museum lisbon.

The museum comprises five different locations palácio pimenta santo antónio teatro romano casa dos bicos and torreão poente with complementary subjects and competences sharing a mission an identity and. The national tile museum is housed in the 16th century convent of madre de deus a rather secluded venue which can only be reached by taxi. The portuguese have developed a particular form of art consisting of paintings on ceramic tiles striking by the prominence of the blue hues used in rendering sundry. Azulejos sant ana rua do alecrim 95 chiado this factory and shop has been producing and selling handmade decorative tiles since 1741 and still offers copies of 17th and 18th century items.

Museu nacional do azulejo is one of the most important of the national museums by the singularity of its collection azulejo tile an artistic expression that differentiates portuguese culture and by the uniqueness of the building in which the museum is set former madre de deus convent founded in 1509 by queen d. Most of the exhibits reflect the output of that factory and its documentation centre is devoted to the study of the. Lisbon tiles and tales. Museu de cerâmica de sacavém is situated in the town of sacavém in the municipality of loures just northeast of lisbon in portugal the museum was opened in july 2000 and was constructed on the grounds of a former ceramics factory.

The ceramics museum of sacavém portuguese. The ceramics museum museu da cerâmica is housed in the beautiful former mansion of viscount sacavém a collector ceramist and important patron of ceramics artisans in caldas da rainha. The highlight of the museum is a blue and white composition of 1300 tiles 23m 75ft in length of lisbon s cityscape made in 1738 prior to the great earthquake and reputedly the country s longest tile piece. The museu nacional do azulejo portuguese for national museum of the azulejo occasionally known in english as the national tile museum is an art museum in lisbon portugal dedicated to the azulejo traditional tilework of portugal and the former portuguese empire as well as of other iberophone cultures.

Housed in the former madre de deus convent the museum s collection is one of the. Tile workshop and private tour including national tile museum from 167 26 city sightseeing lisbon hop on hop off bus tour from 26 28 the tiles of lisbon from 288 05.