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Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis

Soares dos Reis Nataional Museum
Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
Carrancas Porto.jpg
The austere facade of the former-residence of the Carrancas (the family Moraes e Castro)
Soares dos Reis National Museum is located in Porto Foz de Douro
Soares dos Reis National Museum
The location of the museum Soares dos Reis in the municipality of Porto
Established 1833 (1833)
Location Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, Porto, Portugal
Coordinates 41°08′52″N 8°37′18″W / 41.1478°N 8.6216°W / 41.1478; -8.6216Coordinates: 41°08′52″N 8°37′18″W / 41.1478°N 8.6216°W / 41.1478; -8.6216
Type Art museum
Accreditation Instituto dos Museus e Conservação
Collections Ceramics, Sculpture, Engravings, Jewellry, Furniture, Paintings, Textiles and Glassware
Founder João Baptista Ribeiro
Director Maria João Vasconcelos
Architect Joaquim da Costa Lima Sampaio
Owner Direção Geral do Património Cultural (Decree 114/2012, Diário da República, Série 1, 102 (25 May 2012)
Public transit access Carragal
Nearest parking Around the museum
Website museusoaresdosreis.pt

Soares dos Reis National Museum (Portuguese: Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis) is a museum, currently housed in the Carrancas Palace situated in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the northern Portuguese city of Porto.

Founded in 1833, it is the first Portuguese national museum exhibiting collections of Portuguese art, including a collection by Portuguese sculptor António Soares dos Reis, from which the museum derives its name.

The museum was founded in 1833 as Museum Portuense by King Peter IV. Initially it was housed in the Convent of Santo António (in the centre of Porto), exhibiting religious art confiscated from Portuguese convents, and those works of art expropriated from the absolutist followers of Miguel I (who had struggled against Peter IV a year before).

During the 19th century the museum made several acquisitions that were integrated into the main collection.

But, it was in 1911 that the museum obtained its collection of work by Soares dos Reis, a celebrated Portuense sculptor, taking on the name of its benefactor.

In 1942 the museum was transferred from the centre of the city to the former-residence of the Moraes e Castro family, known commonly as the Carrancas (which means scowlers/frowners, a passing reference to the disapproving nature of its members). The large building provided the spaces and conditions to store and exhibit the collections. Over time, the spaces were expanded and modernised under a project by architect Fernando Távora.

The museum has a vast collection mainly focused on Portuguese art of the 19th and 20th centuries, including painting, sculpture, furniture, metalwork and ceramics.


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