Exhibitions
2011
Exhibition
Terra Flor – Ceramics by Maria João Ribeiro
1 October to 27 November 2011
Exhibition
ExperimentaDesign
30 September to 27 November 2011
Exhibition
The Workshop of Margarida Lagarto
17 April to 28 September 2011
International Museum Day
18 May 2011
Last 28 April we commemorated our 58th anniversary
2010
Exhibition WELCOME
18 June to 18 October 2010
FRESS decorates the Sacristy of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
11 May 2010
International Museum Day
18 May 2010
Passementerie Workshop
The Ricardo Do Espírito Santo Silva Foundation
presents its newest craft workshop
Exhibition
Fans of Asia and Europe in the 18th Century
14 April to 23 May 2010
Launch of the facsimile edition of Lusíadas
Edition belonging to the Ateneu Comercial do Porto restored by the Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva Foundation
24 March 2010
Exhibition
The Art of Knowing How
From the Palace-Museum to the Workshops
Cultural Centre Palácio do Egipto – Oeiras
21 January to 31 March 2010
2009
White Clay Workshop
with ceramicist Teresa Pavão
28 November 2009
Exhibition
Secrets and Relics
29 October 2009 to 15 December 2009
Summer Holidays at the Museum
Workshop activities for children aged 6-12
Activity held in August 2009
Exhibition
THE TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION OF GIRAFFES:
exotic animals at the service of power
5 June to 30 August 2009
Activities related to the Exhibition ‘The Triumphal Procession of Giraffes’
International Museum Day
Activity held on 18 May 2009
Workshops for children – Easter 2009
Activity held on 30 and 31 March 2009
First Day of Spring at the Museum of Portuguese Decorative Arts
Activity held on 21 March 2009
Exhibition
The Art of Knowing How:
From the Palace-Museum to the Workshops
3 March to 29 March 2009
Participation of FRESS in Exponor – Tempus – International Museum and Heritage Exhibition
5 February to 8 February
2008
Let’s build a traditional nativity scene – Christmas Workshop 2008
Activity held on 13 December 2008
The Arts and Crafts of the Other: Intercultural Dialogues 2008
Themed conferences on artistic and cultural diversity in the context of the European Year for Intercultural Dialogue.
12 March – The Chinese and Us – Luís Filipe Barreto
9 April – The Berbers and Us – José Alberto Alegria – With an exhibition of Berber rugs.
20 May – The Arabs and Us – Cláudio Torres – With a tasting of Portuguese-Arabic flavours.
24 September – The Makonde of Mozambique and Us – Rui Pereira
15 October – The Jews and Us – Maria José Ferro Tavares
12 November – The Japanese and Us – Eduardo Kol de Carvalho
These conferences are always held at 6pm and are based around art works.
This cycle of conferences is organised in the context of the European Year for Intercultural Dialogue, together with Associação MultiCulti – Culturas do Mediterrâneo and with the support of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures.
Tours within the context of the European Year for Intercultural Dialogue
Mértola – City Museum (Castle, Paleo-Christian Museum, Roman Section and Islamic Museum)
Sociedade de Geografia (Museum)
Museu Nacional de Etnologia (Museum and pieces in storage)
Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau (Museum and exhibition)
These tours will be guided by local experts.
Decorative Arts in the late afternoon
Collaboration with ESAD
Once a month (at 6pm), a teacher from the School of Decorative Arts will present a ‘class’ at the Museum.
27 February – Dr. Ana Paula Rebelo Correia – ‘Mythology in Baroque Tiling’
23 April – Dr. Cristina Osswald – ‘Missionaries, collectors and orientalists (15th-18th century)’.
7 May – Silvia Pelham – ‘Liverpool European capital of culture 2008’
28 May – José Meco – ‘Stonecutting and Marble Inlays’
Collaboration with the WORKSHOPS
Once a month on Wednesdays (6:30pm) a Master from the workshops will give advice and guidance on conservation of furniture, metalwork (silver, bronze, brass), ceramics (porcelain and faïence), paintings and leather.
Other
1 October – Paulo Morais-Alexandre – ‘Fashion in the 20th Century (part II): From Bias Cuts to Miniskirts’
Indoor Journeys
INTERIOR DESIGN IN PORTUGAL
The first Conference dedicated to Interior Design, organised by the School of Decorative Arts (ESAD), will gather some of the most important names of this field in Portugal at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Lisbon, on 9 and 10 October 2008.
I Decorative Arts Colloquium
15 to 17 May 2008