Museums

Museums

“O Casulo” House of painter José Malhoa, in Figueiró dos Vinhos

“O Casulo” House of painter José Malhoa, in Figueiró dos Vinhos

Located at Avenida José Malhoa, with the Figueiroense Club – House of Culture, the “Cocoon” was the residence that the Grand Master had built after fixation in Figueiró Wine. This residence has a plant consists of two rectangular bodies, tees, and the North-oriented body primitive atelier of the painter, built in 1895. The other body […]

The Museu of José Malhoa, in Caldas da Rainha

The Museu of José Malhoa, in Caldas da Rainha

The Museu de José Malhoa (José Malhoa Museum), in Caldas da Rainha, is a regional Portuguese museum, that hosts the finest collection of the Portuguese naturalist painterJosé Malhoa. The museum building, the first purpose-built museum in Portugal, was constructed in 1940 and enlarged in 1950 and 1957.[1] The museum’s collection includespaintings, sculptures, medals, drawings and ceramics from the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum is located in […]

The Glass Museum, in Marinha Grande

The Glass Museum, in Marinha Grande

The Glass Museum is a permanent institution, unincorporated and non-profit service of society and its development. Brings together collections that testify to the industrial, artisanal and Portuguese artistic glass since the mid-seventeenth / eighteenth century to the present. It is the only museum specifically devoted to the study of art, craft and glass industry in […]

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