It is located in Quinta Visconde de Sacavém, in the parish of Nossa Senhora do Pópulo, city and municipality of Caldas da Rainha, District of Leiria, Central Portugal
The Ceramics Museum was officially created in 1983, the property where it is located was built in the 1890s by the 2nd Viscount of Sacavém José Joaquim Pinto da Silva was a collector, ceramist and patron of Caldensian ceramists.
The Building consists of a late-romantic mansion that houses the permanent exhibition, a secondary building where the Temporary Exhibition Room, the Shop, the Pottery and the Documentation Center are located.
The building is surrounded by gardens with boulevards, flowerbeds, flowerbeds, lakes and an open-air auditorium. It is worth highlighting the profuse decoration that adorns the entire complex and includes tiles from the 16th to the 20th century, ceramic architectural elements and statuary.
The Museum's collection includes several collections representing the production of Caldas da Rainha and other ceramic centers in the country and abroad.
The collections comprise pieces of ancient Caldense ceramics from the 17th and 18th centuries and nuclei of production from the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the works of the artist Maria dos Cacos, author of anthropomorphic utilitarian pieces, and Manuel Mafra.
The nucleus of works by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, one of the most representative sets of the production of the great master of Caldas ceramics and which documents the intense work of the Fábrica de Faianças das Caldas da Rainha, between 1884 and 1905.
There are also faience cores from the Real Fábrica do Rato, traditional pottery and local production of sculpture and miniatures from the 19th and 20th centuries.
In the Museum, a collection of contemporary ceramics by the author stands out, including pieces by Llorens Artigas, Júlio Pomar and Manuel Cargaleiro.
The Museum also has a collection of tiles that includes Spanish-Moorish and Dutch Portuguese production from the 16th to the 20th century, consisting of around 1200 tiles and 40 panels.
The Museum also presents a collection of 40 contemporary pieces, illustrative of design and production of 20th century ceramics and glass, which are part of a donation made in 2007, consisting of 1205 pieces.
Between 1892 and 1896, the Ceramic Atelier, run by the Austrian sculptor Josef Füller, operated on the grounds of the Quinta.
The Quinta's architectural complex in a romantic revivalist style consists of a late-romantic palace that houses the permanent exhibition, and a secondary building where the temporary exhibition room, the store, the pottery and the documentation center are located.
The Quinta's gardens, with their romantic design, constitute an ensemble reminiscent of the taste of the late 19th century, with their boulevards, flowerbeds, flowerbeds, lakes and an open-air auditorium.
The Museum's collections are representative of national and foreign ceramic centers, with emphasis on the production of Caldas da Rainha being the nucleus of pieces designed by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, one of the most representative sets of the production of the great master from Caldas and which documents the work of the Fábrica de Faianças das Caldas da Rainha between 1884 and 1905.
These collections include a core of faience from Fábrica do Rato (1767 - 1779), a core of traditional pottery, a core of local production of miniature sculpture, ceramics from the 19th and 20th centuries, a vast set of representative productions from the main Portuguese and foreign ceramic centers.
The core of contemporary designer ceramics includes pieces by Artigas, Llorens Gardy, Júlio Pomar, tile panels, ceramics by Manuel Cargaleiro and Cecília de Sousa.
The Building consists of a late-romantic mansion that houses the permanent exhibition, a secondary building where the Temporary Exhibition Room, the Shop, the Pottery and the Documentation Center are located.
The building is surrounded by gardens with boulevards, flowerbeds, flowerbeds, lakes and an open-air auditorium. It is worth highlighting the profuse decoration that adorns the entire complex and includes tiles from the 16th to the 20th century, ceramic architectural elements and statuary.
The Museum's collection includes several collections representing the production of Caldas da Rainha and other ceramic centers in the country and abroad.
The collections comprise pieces of ancient Caldense ceramics from the 17th and 18th centuries and nuclei of production from the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the works of the artist Maria dos Cacos, author of anthropomorphic utilitarian pieces, and Manuel Mafra.
The nucleus of works by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, one of the most representative sets of the production of the great master of Caldas ceramics and which documents the intense work of the Fábrica de Faianças das Caldas da Rainha, between 1884 and 1905.
There are also faience cores from the Real Fábrica do Rato, traditional pottery and local production of sculpture and miniatures from the 19th and 20th centuries.
In the Museum, a collection of contemporary ceramics by the author stands out, including pieces by Llorens Artigas, Júlio Pomar and Manuel Cargaleiro.
The Museum also has a collection of tiles that includes Spanish-Moorish and Dutch Portuguese production from the 16th to the 20th century, consisting of around 1200 tiles and 40 panels.
The Museum also presents a collection of 40 contemporary pieces, illustrative of design and production of 20th century ceramics and glass, which are part of a donation made in 2007, consisting of 1205 pieces.
Between 1892 and 1896, the Ceramic Atelier, run by the Austrian sculptor Josef Füller, operated on the grounds of the Quinta.
The Quinta's architectural complex in a romantic revivalist style consists of a late-romantic palace that houses the permanent exhibition, and a secondary building where the temporary exhibition room, the store, the pottery and the documentation center are located.
The Quinta's gardens, with their romantic design, constitute an ensemble reminiscent of the taste of the late 19th century, with their boulevards, flowerbeds, flowerbeds, lakes and an open-air auditorium.
The Museum's collections are representative of national and foreign ceramic centers, with emphasis on the production of Caldas da Rainha being the nucleus of pieces designed by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, one of the most representative sets of the production of the great master from Caldas and which documents the work of the Fábrica de Faianças das Caldas da Rainha between 1884 and 1905.
These collections include a core of faience from Fábrica do Rato (1767 - 1779), a core of traditional pottery, a core of local production of miniature sculpture, ceramics from the 19th and 20th centuries, a vast set of representative productions from the main Portuguese and foreign ceramic centers.
The core of contemporary designer ceramics includes pieces by Artigas, Llorens Gardy, Júlio Pomar, tile panels, ceramics by Manuel Cargaleiro and Cecília de Sousa.
