Ceramic Museum
Castro Alves FoundationRua Comendador Castro Alves, 391
4765-053 Bairro
T: +351 252 931 053
E: fundacao@fundacaocastroalves.org
Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Friday:
10:00 pm – 12:00 pm
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Saturday (by appointment):
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Closed on Weekends and holidays.
Free Admission
Castro Alves Foundation, established by Commander Manuel Castro Alves, has its origins in the former Center for Popular Art and Culture of São Pedro de Bairro. Its activities are centered on three areas: School of Music (1971), School/ Workshop of Artistic Ceramics (1979) and Ceramic Art Museum, which was inaugurated in 1987.
Architect Fernando Lanhas is the author of the museum building and its museological project. An innovative project for the time, but still considered a reference museum space today, due to its strong pedagogical nature.
The Museum is closely connected to the Ceramic Art School / Workshop, indeed, the collection consists of thousands of pieces created in that school by many young people under the guidance of great motivators and teachers as the painters Júlio Resende and Francisco Laranjo, the potter Fernando Sousa and the architect Fernando Lanhas himself.
More than a simple museum, this is a place where popular culture is present everywhere in the displayed pieces.
Mission
As a museum of national and international renown in the field of ceramic design, to be an inspiring space for promoting knowledge, and one dedicated to the study / interpretation of artistic ceramics.
Objectives
1. To broaden and disseminate the knowledge, processes and techniques of artistic ceramics, representative of the School of Ceramics;
2. To implement and evaluate, on an ongoing and appropriate basis, collection management policies and procedures;
3. To arouse and infuse in people a taste for ceramic art, establishing connections with the museum collections through interpretative strategies and contributing to a creative cultural economy;
4. To value the Museum of Artistic Ceramics as the face of the local artistic community;
5. To provide access to the museum and its collections through digital strategies.
Inspiring words
Inclusion – Expression – Inspiration – Creativity – Appreciation
Architect Fernando Lanhas is the author of the museum building and its museological project. An innovative project for the time, but still considered a reference museum space today, due to its strong pedagogical nature.
The Museum is closely connected to the Ceramic Art School / Workshop, indeed, the collection consists of thousands of pieces created in that school by many young people under the guidance of great motivators and teachers as the painters Júlio Resende and Francisco Laranjo, the potter Fernando Sousa and the architect Fernando Lanhas himself.
More than a simple museum, this is a place where popular culture is present everywhere in the displayed pieces.
Mission
As a museum of national and international renown in the field of ceramic design, to be an inspiring space for promoting knowledge, and one dedicated to the study / interpretation of artistic ceramics.
Objectives
1. To broaden and disseminate the knowledge, processes and techniques of artistic ceramics, representative of the School of Ceramics;
2. To implement and evaluate, on an ongoing and appropriate basis, collection management policies and procedures;
3. To arouse and infuse in people a taste for ceramic art, establishing connections with the museum collections through interpretative strategies and contributing to a creative cultural economy;
4. To value the Museum of Artistic Ceramics as the face of the local artistic community;
5. To provide access to the museum and its collections through digital strategies.
Inspiring words
Inclusion – Expression – Inspiration – Creativity – Appreciation