It is located in the Alfama neighborhood, municipality and district of Lisbon, central Portugal
The Fado Museum was opened on September 25, 1998 and is a museum dedicated to the universe of fado and guitar.
The cultural space has a permanent exhibition, temporary exhibitions, a documentation center, a themed store, an auditorium, a restaurant, the Museum School where Portuguese guitar and Fado viola courses are taught, a seminar for lyricists, a rehearsal room for performers.
As of 2016, the Museum has made available a Digital Sound Archive via the Internet with access to thousands of sound recordings since the beginning of the 20th century, via search for performer and repertoire.
The Fado Museum underwent a renovation of its permanent exhibition, offering a multidisciplinary reading of the history of Lisbon's urban song from its genesis to the present, reopening to the public in 1998.
Visitors will be able to find on display a multitude of objects linked to the song of Lisbon (instruments, trophies, records, sheet music), the famous painting “O Fado” by José Malhoa as well as works by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, Constantino Fernandes, Cândido Costa Pinto, João Rodrigues Vieira, Júlio Pomar, and other Portuguese artists.
A set of interactive consultation stations documenting the history of Fado and consulting the biographies of hundreds of personalities linked to Fado, along the museum route the audio guide allows you to listen to several dozen fados.
The museum is located in the "Águas de Alfama Pumping Station", one of Lisbon's most important equipment buildings from the 19th century and is in the process of being classified as a Property of Municipal Interest.
The building, an engineering work by Joaquim Pires de Sousa Gomes and Paiva Couceiro, began to be built in 1868.
The property served as the Work Center of the Portuguese Communist Party between 1974 and 1990.
The building underwent renovation and expansion by architects João and José Daniel Santa-Rita to house the Museum of Fado and Portuguese Guitar (1995-1998).
An interactive museum to see, hear and feel Fado as a World Heritage Site, discover centuries of history and personalities who still reinvent and maintain a living heritage today.
The cultural space has a permanent exhibition, temporary exhibitions, a documentation center, a themed store, an auditorium, a restaurant, the Museum School where Portuguese guitar and Fado viola courses are taught, a seminar for lyricists, a rehearsal room for performers.
As of 2016, the Museum has made available a Digital Sound Archive via the Internet with access to thousands of sound recordings since the beginning of the 20th century, via search for performer and repertoire.
The Fado Museum underwent a renovation of its permanent exhibition, offering a multidisciplinary reading of the history of Lisbon's urban song from its genesis to the present, reopening to the public in 1998.
Visitors will be able to find on display a multitude of objects linked to the song of Lisbon (instruments, trophies, records, sheet music), the famous painting “O Fado” by José Malhoa as well as works by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, Constantino Fernandes, Cândido Costa Pinto, João Rodrigues Vieira, Júlio Pomar, and other Portuguese artists.
A set of interactive consultation stations documenting the history of Fado and consulting the biographies of hundreds of personalities linked to Fado, along the museum route the audio guide allows you to listen to several dozen fados.
The museum is located in the "Águas de Alfama Pumping Station", one of Lisbon's most important equipment buildings from the 19th century and is in the process of being classified as a Property of Municipal Interest.
The building, an engineering work by Joaquim Pires de Sousa Gomes and Paiva Couceiro, began to be built in 1868.
The property served as the Work Center of the Portuguese Communist Party between 1974 and 1990.
The building underwent renovation and expansion by architects João and José Daniel Santa-Rita to house the Museum of Fado and Portuguese Guitar (1995-1998).
An interactive museum to see, hear and feel Fado as a World Heritage Site, discover centuries of history and personalities who still reinvent and maintain a living heritage today.
