The ceramics museum of sacavém portuguese.
Ceramic museum lisbon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Housed in the former madre de deus convent the museum s collection is one of the.
The museum is worth visiting by force of the fact it is one of a kind in the entire world.
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.
Museu de cerâmica de sacavém is situated in the town of sacavém in the municipality of loures just northeast of lisbon in portugal the museum was opened in july 2000 and was constructed on the grounds of a former ceramics factory.
Lisbon tiles and tales.
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.
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.
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 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.