Machado de Castro National Museum

Machado de Castro National Museum
Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro
The museum's courtyard
Machado de Castro National Museum is located in Portugal
Machado de Castro National Museum
Location within Portugal
Established1913
LocationCoimbra, Portugal
TypeArt museum
Websitewww.museumachadocastro.gov.pt/en-GB/default.aspx

The Machado de Castro National Museum (Portuguese: Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro) is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the renowned Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro. It first opened in 1913 and its latest renovation (2004–2012), which included the addition of a new building, was awarded the Piranesi/Prix de Rome Prize 2014.[1]

Building

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The museum is housed in the former Bishop's Palace. This palace was built from the Middle Ages onwards roughly on the site where the Roman forum of Aeminium (Coimbra's Roman name) once stood. The remains of this distant past, the Cryptoporticus, can be visited on the lower floors of the museum.[2]

Collections

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The bulk of the museum's collection is made up of items from churches and religious institutions in the area surrounding Coimbra. The collections of sculpture (the most extensive of all the national museums of Portugal), painting, precious metals, ceramics and textiles are especially noteworthy.[2]

Archaeology

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Sculpture

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Paintings

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Applied arts

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References

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  1. ^ "iranesi Prize / Prix de Rome". www.museumachadocastro.gov.pt (in Portuguese). 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  2. ^ a b A.A.V.V. (coord. Adília Alarcão) – Museu Nacional Machado de Castro. Roteiro. Lisboa: Instituto Português de Museus, 2005. ISBN 972-776-269-7
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