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Discovering Berardo – Museum Art Deco, the Fascination for Know-How

July 14, 2021 getLISBON

Today we invite you to visit B-MAD, Berardo – Museum Art Deco, an immersion in a world of beauty, know-how and creativity that transports us to the dominant aesthetic currents during the transition of the 19th to the 20th century. The Museum Inside of B-MAD The Berardo – Museum Art Deco is located in a building of the 18th century, built after the earthquake of 1755 as a summer house of Marquis of Abrantes. This building situated in Alcântara, on Rua 1º de Maio, was later on the residence of António Flores (1883-1957), neurologist, psychiatrist and professor, first director of…

Discovering Fado Museum, Preservation of Tradition and Culture

July 1, 2020 getLISBON

If you think the Fado Museum is an old space where only distant memories are kept, you’re very wrong! Accept our challenge to get to know a dynamic museum, where history is exalted and where every day the universe of Fado and the Portuguese guitar are experienced and celebrated.We suggest you (re)read our article Fado, a Sonority of Lisbon, where you can get a grasp of our idea about this anthem of the emotions of the Portuguese and the locals of Lisbon. Fado Museum The Museum provides audio guides to listen to fado of yesterday and today Open to the…

Discovering Medeiros e Almeida House-Museum

January 15, 2020 getLISBON

With this article about the Medeiros e Almeida House-Museum we want to draw your attention to this young and discrete, but also surprising museum.There you can find an eclectic collection of both national and foreign art pieces, of incalculable value, gathered by a great collector that left his collection for everyone’s appreciation.If you like decorative arts and curious stories then you won’t want to miss this peculiar House-Museum, located in a small palace near Liberdade Avenue in the centre of Lisbon. The Founder Portrait of the founder and views of the bedroom and the hall The Medeiros e Almeida House-Museum…

Discovering Ancient Egyptian Art in the Museums of Lisbon

October 23, 2019 getLISBON

In this article Ancient Egyptian Art in the Museums of Lisbon we’ll be sharing with you public spaces in our city of the Seven Hills where you can find art pieces of this fascinating civilisation.Ancient Egypt, for its antiquity, artistic originality and quality, arouses much interest and admiration around the world.The attraction to this so ancient society is mostly focused on the impact of its architecture on the art and artefacts created on the basis of religion and the belief in life after death.Its artistic production that went on for around three thousand years of the history of Egypt of…

Discovering The Milk Station Museum in Lisbon

June 26, 2019 getLISBON

Since February 27, 2019 that Lisbon has one more museum of great sociological and patrimonial interest, the Milk Station Museum, whose collection is not only rare in Portugal, but also in Europe.In Santa Apolónia, it is located in the old facilities of the first milk station of the country, destined to help needy mothers and children in the zone of Alfama.After it was established, three others followed in Lisbon. In total, around 16.000 children were nursed.Today we’re telling you this story and inviting you to get to know this curious museum and the project that originated it. The Harsh Social…