Commemorative days

Celebrate International Museum Day at Serralves, which this year is dedicated to the topic, 'Museums for a sustainable society'. On this special day, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art has extended its opening hours and visitors can participate in a special programme of activities in order to become familiar with the exhibitions and spaces. Visit us!

Access: Free entrance.

Programme: 

12.00 | Guided tour of the exhibition CAN THE MUSEUM BE A GARDEN?: WORKS FROM THE SERRALVES COLLECTION by Educational Service monitors (in Portuguese)
As spectators, can we experience the museum space as if it were a garden? Over the Museum’s 15 years of existence, the Serralves Collection has been the subject of different presentations to the general public. Can the Museum be a Garden once again shows the collection, focusing on the various ways in which certain works evoke the experience of the landscape and the relationship between the spaces of the Museum and the gardens – given that this plays a decisive role in the experience of the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art.
Max. no. of participants: 30
Access: Free, subject to collecting a ticket (issued on the day) 

15:30 | Visit-workshop METAMORPHOSIS OF SPACE, by Educational Service monitors
The inhabited space corresponds to a metamorphosis of the designed space. Experiencing the space also involves building it. What elements are included in the buildings? Which form best serves a specific function? In this workshop, we will link proportions, equate measures, expand scales, and rebuild Serralves, dominating the alphabet of geometry. Ultimately we will understand the architecture of Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art through drawing.
Max. no. of participants: 30
Access: Free, subject to collecting a ticket (issued on the day)

18:30 | Guided tour of the exhibition MONIKA SOSNOWSKA: ARCHITECTONISATION by Educational Service monitors (Portuguese)
"Monika Sosnowska: Architectonisation" is the first exhibition in Portugal dedicated to the works of the sculptor Monika Sosnowska (Poznan, Poland, 1972) This guided tour will provide a background framework and unique context, enabling participants to become familiar with Monika Sosnowska’s artistic practice and sculptural imagination. We will be guided by an oeuvre that evokes ancient structures corridors, markets, pavilions and the memories of inhabited houses. Alluding to collapse and social, cultural and urban transformation, the exhibition has been installed in order to create a strong dialogue with the architecture of the Museum, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira.
Max. no. of participants: 30
Access: Free, subject to collecting a ticket (issued on the day)

The Serralves Foundation is associating itself to the International Day of Monuments and Sites and has organised a special programme for this day.
And to make sure that everyone can enjoy the day in full, on April 18 there will be entrance to Serralves all day long.

Make sure to visit us! 

VISIT THE ARCHITECTURAL SPACES, 14:30
Álvaro Siza’s work is the starting point for an experience that relates the museum’s architecture with the architecture of Serralves Villa, unravelling the history of this unique location.
Co-ordination: Monitors of the Educational Service
Max. no. of participants: 25 people
Meeting point: Museum reception (duration 90 mins)
Access: Free, subject to prior registration

CONVERSATIONS IN THE MUSEUM, 17:00
Observe, question, associate and exchange ideas, during a visit to the exhibitions on display in Serralves Museum. This proposal incorporates a number of initiatives aimed at exploring the works on display.
Co-ordination: Monitors of the Educational Service
Meeting point: Museum reception (duration: 1 hour)
Participation: free subject to prior registration
Max. no. of participants: 25 people 

NOCTURNAL VISIT TO THE PARK 21:30 - Sold out
Extra visit starting at 21:45
(Co-ordination: Monitors of the Educational Service)At nightfall, Serralves Park transforms into a fascinating atmosphere of nocturnal sounds and silhouettes cut out against the stars. On April 18 we will share this fascination with you, in a unique nocturnal visit to Serralves Park.
Co-ordination: João Almeida, Director of Serralves Park
Max. no. of participants: 35 people
Meeting point: Museum reception (duration: 90 mins)
Participation: free subject to prior registration
Max. no. of participants: 35 people*

> Magnified Images - a schools project
Inauguration of the exhibition, 12 noon
This exhibition showcases the results of a 1-year project in partnership with various Portuguese schools (2007-2008), presenting text, photographs and videos amongst other creative proposals, produced by groups from nursery school to secondary school. The exhibition also includes projection of three animation films produced at the Aleixo primary school, Pasteleira primary school and Cebes College, under the coordination of Abi Feijó.
Location: Serralves Museum (Educational Service room)

>  Furious Reading
4 p.m.
Presentation of the results of the Furious Reading project, coordinated by Regina Guimarães, with participation by Pedro & Diana, Marta Bernardes, João Pedro da Costa and Saguenail.
For the second consecutive year, the Serralves foundation has associated itself to the Furious Reading Project, organised by the Cardan Association (Amiens) since 1992  in order to promote singular encounters between writers/readers and those who, for any reason, are excluded from the pleasure of reading.
Three groups of young people from the Santo António educational centre, the Qualification for Inclusion Association and the North Therapeutic Community, will accompany the creation of a text, resulting from 3-days sessions with Marta Bernardes, João Pedro da Costa and Saguenail. The texts produced will take into account the stories, the paths and struggle of the people associated to the process.  The written texts will be presented in Serralves and will also be published by the Jornal de Notícias newspaper on the same day.
Location:  Library of Serralves Museum

To celebrate the International Day and Night of Museums, the Educational Service is organising various initiatives in Serralves: visits and workshops, debates, theatre, opening of the exhibition "Portable Gardens - A Schools Project”.
Visit us on this special day! 

MAY 18 - INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS DAY
Free entrance and participation in all activities!

> Workshops for children
Creative activities inspired by exhibitions on display at Serralves Museum
10:00-13:00
14:00-17:00
Location: Museum (multipurpose room) 

> Visits - Art and Architecture
11:00 - Visit to the exhibitions, Serralves Museum
13:30 - Visit to the exhibitions, Serralves Museum
15:00 - Visit to the exhibitions, Serralves Museum
16:00 - Architecture tour in Serralves
Location: meeting point at the Museum reception, 10 minutes before the start of the visit.

> Debate
"Who works at the museum?"
15:00
To understand the dynamics of a Museum, it is essential to understand the roles played by the various members of the team that each day guarantees all the tasks associated to the management, programming and operation of the Museum: gardeners, carpenters, curators, artists, monitors, security guards, managers, press attachés, media advisers, designers ... Who is involved in assembling an exhibition? What does a curator do? Who ensures effective communication with the public and the media? Who prepares the guided tours? The members of Serralves team will present their work and answer these and other questions from the general public.
Location: Library

> Theatre - Shadow Gardens
11:30 and 16:00
Presentation of the work produced in the workshop in the framework of the project, Portable Gardens, by the students of the Francisco Torrinha EB 2/3 school and the Sophia de Mello Breyner EB 2/3 school, under the guidance of Carlos Dias (fine artist).
Location: Lagar da Quinta 

> Performance by Year 5 students (Term B) of the Calouste Gulbenkian Music Conservatory, Braga
12:15-12:30
Orquestra em Flor
Songs by Lopes-Graça

> Exhibition
Portable Gardens - A Schools Project 2006-2007
18:00
Opening of the exhibition that reveals a one-year project, held in partnership with several Portuguese school, presenting the creative proposals presented by the participating groups.
Location: meeting point in Serralves Museum (the Educational Service’s room) 

MAY 19 – MUSEUMS NIGHT
Free admission, from 10 a.m. to midnight!

> " Museums Night" Menu, from 20:00
On this day, the Museum Restaurant will present a menu specially prepared for the evening, by Chef Miguel Castro e Silva.
Retail price €28.50 (drinks not included)

> Guided visits at 21.30, to exhibitions on display at the Museum.

> Book Fair, May 18 to 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 19:00
The Art Book Fair - held in the Museum Hall - with a wide selection of publications, with discounts up to 50%.
Information from Serralves Museum’s reception.