Museu de Arte Contemporânea
- Address
- Rua Dom João de Castro 210 W of City Centre
- Website
- Phone
- tel, info: 226 156 500
- Price
- admission museum & park €5, park or museum only €2.50, 10am-2pm Sun free
- Hours
- Museu de Arte Contemporânea 10:00-19:00 Tue, Wed & Fri-Sun, 10:00-22:00 Thu Oct-Mar; 10:00-19:00 Tue-Thu, 10:00-22:00 Fri & Sat, 10:00-20:00 Sun Apr-Sep; Parque de Serralves: Tue-Sun 10:00-19:00 Oct-Mar; 10:00-19:00 Tue-Fri, 10:00-20:00 Sat & Sun Apr-Sep
Lonely Planet review for Museu de Arte Contemporânea
In a leafy, upscale suburb off the grand Avenida Boavista, is Porto's other great work of contemporary architecture. Designed by eminent, Porto-based architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, the Museu de Arte Contemporânea is an arrestingly minimalist construction of vast, whitewashed spaces bathed in natural light.
Most of the museum is devoted to cutting edge exhibitions, though there's also a fine permanent collection featuring works from the late 1960s to the present by the likes of Georg Baselitz, Ed Ruscha and Gerhard Richter. Nearby is Casa de Serralves, a pink 1930s Art Deco mansion that served as the original museum and is now an exhibition space. Surrounding it all is the foundation's 18-hectare estate, Parque de Serralves filled with intriguing sculptures and other surprises. These handsome modernist gardens - now a national landmark - are worth a visit in their own right.

