![Duas entram pelo portal da Fundação de Serralves](https://img.bndlyr.com/nsa343pdfl/_assets/ndnvlwvvc8pnddegjq6dig.jpg?fit=cover&w=1920)
The framework for the Museum of Contemporary Art was developed with the creation of the Serralves Foundation in 1989. In 1991, award-winning architect Álvaro Siza Vieira was commissioned to design the new museum in the grounds of the Serralves Estate. In 1996, construction of the building and the planning of a museographic programme begun. Vicente Todolí was appointed by the Board of the Serralves Foundation as the first Artistic Director, with João Fernandes as Deputy Director.
The Museum was inaugurated on 6 June, 1999 with the exhibition, ‘Circa 1968’. This ground-breaking exhibition, reflecting a radical decade of art making that corresponded with a period of social and political change in Portugal and around the world, was a manifesto of the Museum’s international ambitions and the historical starting point for the Museum´s future collection and artistic programme.
Mecenas do Museu
![Museu_1_História](https://cdn.bndlyr.com/nsa343pdfl/_assets/bpi2x.png)
VISITING SERRALVES
![01 Museu](https://img.bndlyr.com/nsa343pdfl/_assets/museu.jpg?fit=fill&w=800&h=450)
Serralves Museum
Serralves Museum
![02 Parque](https://img.bndlyr.com/nsa343pdfl/_assets/181.jpg?fit=fill&w=800&h=450)
Park
Park
![04 Casa do Cinema](https://img.bndlyr.com/nsa343pdfl/_assets/nml49wyw96ndud1ty0qev.jpeg?fit=fill&w=800&h=450)
House of Cinema
House of Cinema
![03 Casa de Serralves](https://img.bndlyr.com/nsa343pdfl/_assets/1673349511246-casa.jpg?fit=fill&w=800&h=450)
Serralves Villa
Serralves Villa