Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
In all there are more than seven thousand works of art that Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian collected over the years. During his exile in Portugal, where he would live out his last days, he donated his collection to the Foundation that today bears his name. Today, the place joins art, pleasure and culture in a perfect symbiosis. Located near the Praça de Espanha, the Fundação Calouste Gulkbenkian is fully part of the Portuguese cultural universe. In its headquarters, planted among extensive grass fields, there are amphitheaters and ballet halls, meeting rooms, galleries for expositions, museums and spaces for leisure and pleasure.
Belonging to the Fundação, the Museu, inaugurated in 1969 and reopened recently with a new presentation, houses part of the exceptional collection in various core sections that make up the exposition area.
The collection comprises Egyptian Art, Greco-Roman Art with particular emphasis on a collection of Greek coins, Islamic Art with a set of tapestries, faience and glassware, and Chinese and Japanese Art with collections of ceramics, lacquer and stamped items.
Among the various pieces of European painting, there are works by Rogier van der Weyden, Ghirlandaio, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Fragonard, Manet and Degas, among others. In the various permanent exposition rooms of the Museum we find also French furnitureand jewelry, culminating in an exposition of a notable collection of glassware and jewels from Ren Lalique, which is unique in the world.
ADDRESS: Av. de Berna 45A - 1067-001 Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m.
- Closed on Mondays, and on the following holidays:
- January 1, Easter Sunday, May 1, and December 25
- January 1, Easter Sunday, May 1, and December 25
- Museum (Permanent Exhibition + temporary exhibition in the museum gallery): 4,0 €;
- Temporary exhibitions outside the museum tour (Temporary Exhibition Galleries): 3,0 € / 5,0 €
- Museum/Temporary exhibition: 5,0 €
- Combination ticket/2 Museums (Gulbenkian Museum / Modern Art Centre): 7,0 €
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 217 823 000
FAX NUMBER: +351 217 823 032
WEB PAGE: http://www.museu.gulbenkian.pt
