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.

Ceramic museum lisbon. 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 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. Lisbon tiles and tales. 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.

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. Most of the exhibits reflect the output of that factory and its documentation centre is devoted to the study of the. 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. 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.

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. The ceramics museum of sacavém portuguese. The museum is worth visiting by force of the fact it is one of a kind in the entire world. 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.

Sacavém ceramics museum the sacavém ceramics factory was created in 1850 and became one of the most well known producers of fine faience in portugal and europe. The museum collection consists of representative works from the 16th to 20th centuries from all of portugal s important ceramics regions as well as pieces from many international locations.