Museums and Palaces

Opened in 2008, the Graça Morais Contemporary Art Centre was designed by Souto Moura, the well-known Portuguese architect who was named the 2011 Pritsker Prize laureate.

It offers a wide program of temporary exhibitions of the most respected national and international artists of our time. Visitors can also observe large contemporary art collections, as a result of co-productions and partnership with other national and international institutions of reference.  It also includes seven rooms dedicated to the work of the local artist Graça Morais, as well another renovated exhibition, and other multidisciplinary initiatives, educational programs, art workshops, concerts, live acts and editorial activities.

Considered as a paradigm of architecture and contemporary art, this building is complemented by a small garden and an opened air terrace coffee shop.