Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art
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Rua D. João de Castro 210
Porto
4150-417
Portugal
coordinates:
41.1590195 -8.6594362
Building names(s): Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art
Architect/Designer: Alvaro Siza
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Completion date: 1997
Function: gallery
hours:MUSEUM | VILLA
Tuesday to Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
PARK
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
admission cost: Ticket to the Museum and Park – 5,00 €; Ticket to the park only– 2,50 €
getting there:
buses: STCP: 201, 203, 207, 502, 504 /And Tourism Circuit
metro: Exit at the Casa da Música Station, with connection via the buses 201, 203, 502 and 504 at the Boavista Rotunda.
car: The Serralves Foundation has a covered Car Park that is open to the Public.
Entrance is via the Largo D. João III (next to the French School).
Opening Hours: Sunday and Monday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. | Tuesday to Saturday: – 10 a.m. to 12 midnight
Price: €0,80 hour
website: www.serralves.pt
Areas:
Building: 12,669.80 m2
Exhibition space: 4,484.9 m2
Public space: 564.80 m2
Library: 352.80 m2
Offices: 537.40 m2
Museum Shop: 146.9 m2
Restaurant: 222.90 m2
Multipurpose room: 103.20 m2
Educational Programmes Room: 233.60 m2
Services Area (closed to the public): 770.50 m2
Auditorium:600 m2
Car Park:3,309 m2
Last update: 29 April, 2011 | Suggested By LT

(5 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

This Museum sits in a beautifully maintained park with views framed from the windows of its generously proportioned galleries. The sober monumentalism of its minimal detailing creates a sequence of abstract vistas that lead the visitor toward the sky-lit spaces for contemporary art and out into the garden. Here the white volumes stand as mute counterparts to the varied forms of a nature educated to be natural.