BERARDO COLLECTION MUSEUM

Description

Essentials about the Berardo Collection Museum in brief

Lovers of modern art should not miss a visit to the Museu Coleção Berardo (Berardo Collection Museum) during a trip to Lisbon. Opened in 2007 in the Centro Cultural de Belém (Bélem Cultural Center), the museum houses the art collection of Portuguese entrepreneur José Berardo, one of the most important collections of modern and contemporary art in Europe. With more than 2.5 million visitors annually, the Berardo Collection Museum is the most visited museum in Portugal and is also one of the most visited art museums in the world.

The exhibition of the Berardo Collection Museum

The museum’s program covers important movements in 20th and 21st century visual art in Europe and America, such as Surrealism, Pop Art, Hyperrealism, Minimalism and Conceptual Art. The collection holds works by many notable contemporary artists, including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Piet Mondrian, Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Vieira da Silva, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, Bruce Nauman, and Cindy Sherman. Special emphasis is placed on modern and contemporary Portuguese art. In addition to the permanent exhibition of the Berardo Collection, which comprises about 1,000 works, temporary exhibitions are held.