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This page is intended for the amateurs and the passionate persons of naval model making.
When I read that the collection of models of the beginning of the 19th century, stored at the naval school of Lisbon, had been destroyed in 1916 by a fire, I wondered if the museum of Belem was worth the visit given the loss of the ancient models of vessels.
Knowing from experience how many months or years are needed to build a model of a full-rigged vessel, amateurs can only be sad about this loss.
Fortunately Portugal had Henrique Maufroy de Seixas (1896-1948) who performed a large part of research and preservation work of boats and ships. He produced models of extraordinary quality, preserving many details of a technological and artistic nature. He recruited a remarkable team of craftsmen, mostly from the Naval Arsenal and assembled and used a large number of drawings, plans and other documents, so that the scale models are exact replicas of the originals.
We may think that thanks to him models manufactured after the fire might be more precise than the old models destroyed by the fire of 1916.
Maufroy de Seixas bequeathed his collections of approximately 300 models of ships as well as uncountable documents to the Portuguese state what allows this museum to present so much beautiful models of various periods.
A room is dedicated to him. Directions: Museu de Marinha Praça do Império 1400-206 Lisboa - Belem
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The Museu de Marinha is located in Belem in the north and west wings of the Jeronimos monastery. The collection began during the 18th century with models of several ships of the Royal Fleet. The present Maritime museum was inaugurated in 1962.
Its permanent display comprises about 2.500 items. These include magnificent collections of ship models covering every era from the 15th and 16th-century voyages of discovery to modern super-tankers.
After two visits I can say that this is one of the most important European and probably world maritime museums.
There are a large number of themed rooms of which the most interesting are:
-The ship building room recalls the history of the Lisbon Naval Arsenal, with models of shipyards and hulls under construction.
-The Discoveries room explains a glorious emblematic period of the history of Portugal. This small country provided major contributions to the birth of the modern world by its maritime discoveries.
-18th Century Room. Portugal, an oceanic power, developed a strategy of building large fleets to ensure its sovereignty at sea.
-19th and 20th Century Room shows the continuation of the previous maritime strategy and tells the story of the school-ship “Sagres” an itinerant embassy of Portugal. Address: Museu de Marinha, Praça do ImpérioDirections: Jeronimos monastery. Belem, Lisboa.
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This huge pavilion - Pavilhão das Galeotas - on the other side of the court-yard contains very fine pieces like the famous royal barges and several traditional fishing, river traffic and pleasure craft.
There are six of these "galeotas" barges build in the 18th c., much decorated, and used by the members of the royal family and dignitaries on the river Tagus.
Most striking is the Royal brig «bergantim real» 29 m long, 4 m maximum width, built for Queen Maria I in 1780 . The brig was propelled by 40 oars with 78 oarsmen and carried such historical figures as Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Elizabeth II of England in 1957. This was the last trip of the Royal brig.
The 1st Crossing of the South Atlantic by Air in 1922 by Portuguese naval officers is evoked in a part of this pavilion with the seaplane Santa Cruz.
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This museum is a must for the art lover.
Calouste Gulbenkian, an Armenian, build up his wealth by investing in the petroleum exploitation and set up a collection of excellent art works whom he bequeathed, as well as his fortune, to the Portuguese state, after living in Lisbon from 1942 to 1955.
It is a multiple museum in the sense that it displays Egyptian antiquities as well as modern decorative arts. Approximately 1000 art works are exposed in a very pleasant frame.
The museum is characterized by its variety: Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Mesopotamian, Islamic, Armenian art, Far East art with a magnificent china collection and a beautiful collection of European paintings including most of the great masters from Flemish "primitives" to the impressionists.
The Islamic oriental art of Persia, Turkey, Syria is put in evidence particularly with beautiful tapestries.
There are also sculptures of which Rodin, ancient illustrated books and a collection of European decorative arts among which French tapestries.
Most amazing is the room dedicated to the jewels of the Frenchman René Lalique.
I would dare to say that this only room already justifies the visit of the Gulbenkian Museum.
Opening Times:
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m.
Closed on Mondays, and on the following holidays:
January 1, Easter Sunday, May 1,and December 25
Tickets:
Adults: EUR 3
Admission free for children, students and visitors over 65 years of age, and on Sunday to the public in general. Address: Address: Av. de Berna 45A 1067-001 LisboaDirections: Metro: S. Sebastião or Praça de Espanha stations Buses: 16, 26, 31, 46, 56
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Next to the Maritime Power themed rooms, a half dozen rooms display the civilian aspects of the Portuguese fleet.
-Merchant Marine Room with models of sailing ships as well as liners from the 20th c.
-Coastal fishing and deep sea fishing were very important for Portugal. Here is kept the history of the “Codfish (bacalhau) Campaigns” in Greenland.
-A room is dedicated to the River Traffic.
-From the Pleasure Craft Room, the visitor learns that up to the mid 19th century, pleasure sailing was limited almost exclusively to the royal family.
-Interesting is the room showing the cabins used by king Carlos and queen Amelia, preserved after the breaking up of the royal yacht “Amelia” in 1938.
Opening hours:
From 10 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. (01Oct-31Mar)
From 10 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. (01Apr-30Sep)
Closed: Mondays and National Holidays
Conditions of access:
Adults 3 €
6/17 years old, students & over 65 old 1,50 €
Less than 6 years free
Lisboa Card 2,25 € Address: Museu de MarinhaDirections: Praça do Império 1400-206 Lisboa - Belem
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Cette page est réservée aux amateurs et passionnés de modélisme naval.
Lorsque j'ai lu que la collection de modèles du début du 19ème siècle entreposée à l'école navale de Lisbonne avait été détruite en 1916 par un incendie, je me suis demandé si le musée de Belem valait la visite étant donné la perte des anciens modèles de voiliers. Lorsqu'on sait d'expérience combien de mois ou d'années il faut pour construire une maquette de voilier ancien sous voiles on ne peut qu'être sensible à cette perte.
Heureusement le Portugal a pu compter sur Henrique Maufroy de Seixas (1896-1948), chercheur et homme de la mer qui a reproduit ou fait reproduire par des artisans de l'Arsenal naval des modèles d'une grande qualité et précision historique. Pour s'assurer de l'exactitude des modèles Maufroy de Seixas a utilisé un grand nombre de documents, dessins, plans, photos et s'est entouré des conseils de marins. On peut penser que grâce à lui les maquettes manufacturées après l'incendie sont peut être plus précises que les maquettes plus anciennes détruites par l'incendie de 1916.
Il a légué ses collections soit environ 300 modèles de navires ainsi que d'innombrables documents à l'état portugais ce qui permet à ce musée de présenter tant de belle maquettes des différentes époques.
Une salle lui est consacrée. Directions: Museu de Marinha Praça do Império 1400-206 Lisboa - Belem
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This is a lovely museum, not too big, with beautiful things in exhibit. It is a private collection of one man, Calouste Gulbenkian born in Istanbul to Armenian parents in 1869. He began to collect art even before he became very rich with his oil industry deals. When he died in 1955 at the age of 86 he left his entire art collection to Portugal. There are 6440 items in the museum. You can see Egyptian bronze cats, 2 items from Mesopotamia, Greek coins, Persian carpets, Chinese and Japanese porcelain and more. There are paintings from masters like Rubens, Rembrant, Van Dyck, Renoir, Monet, Degas..
The entry costs 3 Euro per person. There is also a combained ticket with the Centro de Arte Moderna, but we didn't visit there. There is a good self-service cafe and also a lovely shop which I commented in my shopping tips. Leave a Comment
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The D. Maria II Theater can be found on one end of the Rossio square and you really can't miss it.
Built 1843-1846, ordered by King D. Fernando II, it was named after his wife. This neoclassical building opened in 1846 and a decree stated that it was to be run by a society of artists and that has been the case ever since (except for a 15 year period from 1853-1868 when it was run by the state).
Plays (almost exclusively in Portuguese) start in the Autumn and go on until Spring, so you might just want to admire the building.
Metro: Rossio. Bus: 21, 31, 36, or 41 Leave a Comment
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Right at the "main door" of Alfama you have the Museum of Fado. It deserves your visit, and, with luck, it is a good opportunity for listening to fado outside the commercial circuit. My pictures were taken in the museum, during a recent homage to the fado's fraternity (Confraria do Fado) chairman - my friend Abel Coutinho Leave a Comment
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L'amateur d'art se doit visiter ce musée dont les collections furent constituées par Calouste Gulbenkian, arménien, investisseur dans le pétrole dont il tira sa richesse. Ce fut un collectionneur d'un goût très sur qui légua sa fortune et sa collection à l'état portugais après s'être établi à Lisbonne de 1942 à 1955.
C'est un musée multiple en ce sens qu'il présente aussi bien des antiquités égyptiennes que des arts décoratifs. Environ 1000 pièces sur les 6000 que comprend la collection sont exposées dans un cadre très agréable.
Le musée se caractérise par sa diversité: art égyptien, gréco-romain, mésopotamien, islamique, arménien, d'extrême orient avec une magnifique collection de porcelaines, une belle collection de peintures européennes comprenant la plupart des grands maîtres depuis les primitifs flamands aux impressionnistes.
L'art oriental islamique de Perse, Turquie, Syrie est fortement mis en évidence notamment avec de très belles tapisseries.
Il y a encore des sculptures dont Rodin, des livres anciens avec enluminures et une collection d'art décoratif européen dont des tapisseries françaises.
Le plus époustouflant est la salle entière consacrée aux bijoux du français René Lalique.
J'oserais dire que cette seule salle justifie déjà la visite du Musée Gulbenkian. Address: Av. de Berna 45ADirections: Metro: S. Sebastião or Praça de Espanha stations Bus: 16, 26, 31, 46, 56
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