MAAT celebrates ten years with two days of entry and free activities

Iopened on october 5, 2016, the museum will celebrate the 10th anniversary on october 4th and 5th with “free entry and a special schedule”, according to that institution, in a statement released today.

In these days, it will be possible to visit free the exhibitions “Pedro Cabrita Reis – with the heart free of care”, “VENUS – Valentino Garavani by the look of Joana Vasconcelos”, “João Pimenta Gomes – New Age”, “Expore, publish: MAAT printed (2016-2026)”, “Margarida Correia – Higher” and “Turn Around. A look at the EDP Foundation Art Collection”.

In addition to the exhibitions, the museum also invites the public “to explore the emblematic Electricity Factory, witness to the industrial heritage of the former Tagus Central”.

The activities planned include, in addition to guided visits to the various exhibitions, science workshops, a wool embroidery workshop and an opera performance.

The program also includes a solidarity market, “dignified by partner institutions of the EDP Foundation, as well as a special bank publications edited by the EDP Foundation and MAAT”, which can be visited in the museum’s outer space between October 3 and 5.

The activities scheduled for October 4th and 5th are free, “but conditioned to the stocking of each event and imply registration on the same day, in the ticket office of the MAAT Central”.

The MAAT is located on the riverfront of the historical area of Belém and covers an area of 38 thousand square meters, where they join the Central Tejo – thermoelectric power station built in 1908 and converted into a museum – and a building, designed by the British architecture studio AL A – Amanda Levete Architects.

The two buildings host exhibitions and events scheduled by the museum, and are connected by a garden designed by Lebanese landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic.