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Credits: José Barbosa/CML

Long-term exhibition

WHAT ARE THINGS FOR?

floors 3 and 4

Opening: 24th October at 7pm

Programme and Curatorship: Bárbara Coutinho

Research and curatorial assistance: Inês Correia, Anabela Becho, Inês Matias, Madalena Galvão, Conceição Toscano, Pedro Oliveira, Daniela Esteves, Ana Maria Cunha, Carolina Santana, Madalena Carita, Patrícia Ferreira, Vera Brito

Exhibition design: Coletivo Warehouse

Graphic design: Gonçalo Fialho

The exhibition "What are things for?" aims to re-read the history of design and present Portuguese design in context and as a design process. Rather than showing the design icons in MUDE's collection, the aim is to question how and why products are designed, communicated, perceived, and consumed.

The chronological organisation allows us to go back to the dawn of the 20th century and establish open dialogues between the design pieces and the documentation, highlighting the issues that cut across the different eras and inviting debate on the practices of the past and their projection into the future of each era.

The exhibition design poses a new challenge to museography by prioritising the reuse of various materials from the MUDE construction site that would otherwise go to waste. This curatorial decision makes it possible to reduce waste and the amount of debris as much as possible, investing in the idea of promoting a circular economy, making the exhibition solution a real manifestation of the museological intention to debate the current consumer society and the need to implement the values of economic degrowth.

More than Housing Exhibition

From 28th September 2024 to 25th January 2025

Opening: 27th September at 7pm

uratorship: Teresa Novais e Luís Tavares Pereira

Exhibition Design: Diogo Aguiar

Communication Design: José Carneiro and Ana Leite

MUDE, in partnership with the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, is presenting in the exhibition "More than Housing" the research produced by students in the 2023–2024 academic year from the Faculties of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Fine Arts, and Engineering in Portugal.

The exhibition and the entire associated cultural programmme contribute to the theme of habitat and new demands, with a critical reflection and proposals on the contemporary challenges of housing and public space, putting into perspective the construction of an intercultural society and the promotion of global citizenship, with reference to the memory of the experience of the housing programmes that took place immediately after April 25th, 1974, namely the Local Ambulatory Support Service (SAAL).

Image credit: MUDE/Francisco Nogueira

THE BUILDING ON EXHIBITION

Until 31 December 2024

floors -1, 0 and 1

MUDE, a Lisbon City Council's cultural centre, reopened its building to the public on July 25th at 7:30 p.m. with the exhibition BUILDING ON EXHIBITION. In this way, the building can be visited before it receives the rest of the exhibitions, cultural activities, and pieces from the museum's collection, which will take place at the beginning of October.

The exhibition is currently only on three floors, but it still provides an insight into the architecture, evolution, and transformations that the building has undergone over the course of its history and the comprehensive refurbishment works that have provided this Pombaline block with the necessary requirements for the museum to function fully.

Exhibition gallery. Floor 3

Planning your visit

Contribute to everyone's safety and comfort by respecting the following rules.

You may not:

Enter with pets, except guide dogs;
Eat, drink, and smoke in the interior spaces and on the terrace;
Climb on the flower beds;
Leave trash in the interior spaces and on the terrace;
Touch exhibits and shop windows, except where indicated;
Flash photography;
Carry rucksacks, bags, and large objects;
Talk loudly;
Make calls or use mobile phones during guided tours and educational activities;
Run in exhibition spaces.

NOTE: While the cafeteria is closed, if you need to eat or drink, please go to reception so that the appropriate conditions can be provided.

How to get here

Train: Cascais Line, get off at Cais do Sodré station; North Line, get off at Santa Apolónia station (these stations are connected to the Metro); Sintra Line, get off at Rossio station (5 minutes walk from MUDE).

Metro: Blue Line, get off at Terreiro do Paço or Baixa Chiado stations (3 to 5 minutes walk from MUDE); Green Line, get off at Rossio station (5 minutes walk from MUDE).

Aerobus: Line 1, get off at Rossio.

Parking: Praça do Município, Praça da Figueira, Rua Nova do Almada, Restauradores.

Boat: Cacilhas connection, get off at Cais do Sodré (there is a Metro connection); Barreiro connection, get off at Terreiro do Paço (3 minutes walk from MUDE).

Bus: 711, 728, 732 and 759 (get off at Praça do Comércio), 736 (get off at Rossio).

Tram: 12E and 28E (exit at Rua da Conceição), 15E and 25E (exit at Praça do Comércio), 54E (exit at Rua do Ouro).

Bicycles: city centre cycle path network (parking on Rua do Comércio and next to the Paços do Concelho building).

Opening hours

The museum is closed on Mondays, December 25th, and January 1st.

Summer opening hours

April to September

Museum

Tuesdays to Thursdays: 10 am to 7 pm

Friday and Saturday: 10 am–9 pm

Sunday: 10 am–7 pm

Winter opening hours

October to March

Museum

Tuesdays to Thursdays: 10 am to 6 pm

Friday and Saturday: 10 am–8 pm

Sunday: 10 am–6 pm

Library Reading Room

Tuesdays to Fridays: 10 am - 1 pm | 2 pm - 5 pm

First Saturday of the month: 10 am - 1 pm | 2 pm - 5 pm

Administrative Services

Mondays to Fridays: 9:30 am–5:30 pm

Tickets

Tickets can be bought at the Museum reception (Floor 0) or online at BOL (buy here).

ADULTS

Long-term exhibition ‘What things are for’ €13

Temporary Exhibitions: 11€

Full ticket (long term + temporary) 15€

Guided tour: +2€

50% DISCOUNT

From 13 to 25 years old.

Students.

= or over 65.

Groups of 15 or more.

Lisboa Card.

Protocols with third parties.

FAMILY PASS

Up to 2 adults with children up to 18 years old: 50% discount.

More pax. per family: 3€

SCHOOL GROUPS

Without a guided tour, but with a school certificate: free of charge.

With a guided tour: €1.5 per student.

Visit and workshop: €3 per student.

FREE ADMISSION

Fridays: 5pm–8pm or 9pm for residents of the Lisbon municipality.

Sundays: 10am–2pm for residents of the Lisbon municipality.

International Museum Day.

Children up to 12 years old.

Lisbon residents aged up to 23 and over 65.

Visitors with a proven disability of 60% or more and a companion.

Teachers, tourism, and media professionals in working conditions.

Unemployed people.

Researchers in the exercise of their functions.

Members: APAC, APOM, ICOM, and ICOMOS.

Institutional sponsors.

CML Employees and Lisbon Municipal Companies.

Culture Pass.

Spaces

On the museum's 8 floors, there are areas for leisure, education, reflection, debate, and contemplation, as well as exhibition and service spaces.

Reception Floor 0

Information and ticket office (purchase tickets up to 30 minutes before the museum closes). Free lockers, stroller parking, and umbrella stands.

Design Library Floor 1

Reading room for consulting the documental, bibliographic, and archival collections. To access the books, ask the librarian or room assistant for support. Open from Tuesday to Friday, and on the first Saturday of each month, from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm.

Cafeteria Floor 2 (opening soon)

With furniture evoking traditional Portuguese cafés. Currently, it is only available as an exhibition space.

Display Depot Floor 4 (opens January 2025)

Graphic design and contemporary jewellery.

Restaurant Floor 6 (opening soon)

Currently, it is only available as an exhibition space.

Store and Bookshop Floor 0

With MUDE publications and editions. More publications, furniture, clothing and accessories, jewellery, and decorative objects are coming soon. Museum opening hours.

Educational Spaces Floor 2

Workshops for activities planned by the museum with schools, families, and groups by prior appointment.

Auditorium Floor 2

With a seating capacity of 177 and fully equipped.

Design Labs Floor 5 (opening soon)

A place for presenting and debating experimental projects.

Designer residencies are by invitation or self-proposal.

Green Roof Top Floor 6

Viewpoint with a privileged view over Lisbon and a seating area with native, Mediterranean, and xerophytic species, which are not very demanding in terms of water consumption and are compatible with the local weather conditions.

Photos: Luísa Ferreira | Simulations: 18_25

Accessibility and Safety

MUDE's building has been adapted with barrier-free spaces for visitors with reduced mobility. All the museum's floors and public access are equipped with lifts and ramps. All the exhibitions have information in Braille (ask at reception).

The reception team is available to inform you of any accessibility issues and provide assistance if necessary.

The security team and the soundless video surveillance cameras (duly identified) guarantee the safety of all visitors and staff, as well as the exhibits.

Ramps

The building has several ramps, both outside and inside, that allow wheelchairs to circulate in all areas.

Elevators and platform elevators

Support from a security guard, if necessary.

Sanitary facilities

Equipped and adapted for people with reduced mobility or in wheelchairs.

For everyone, regardless of gender.

For women.

For men.

Online Archive

Explore, discover, consult, or research our online collection here.

The MUDE collections are just a click away!

Online Library

Consult our online library here.

Documental, bibliographic, and archival collections are just a click away!

MUDE later

Photo: Teixeira Duarte - Audiovisual Center

Portugal Pop exhibition. Fashion in Portuguese, 1970-2020.

MUDE revisits the exhibition organised in 2022 at Casa do Design in Matosinhos as part of the MUDE Fora de Portas programme, in partnership with Matosinhos City Council / Esad-idea.

The exhibition presents fashion culture in Portugal, the changes that have taken place over the last 50 years, and how cultural traditions and collective memories influence the various authors represented, providing a perspective on national fashion from the eve of the 1974 Revolution to the present day.

Photo: Fernando Miranda (esad-idea)

Portugal POP Vídeo

Display Depot

The Display Depot is part of MUDE's policy of incorporating and managing collections with the aim of creating specific conditions for each type of object, both from the point of view of conservation and exhibition.

A selection of the graphic design and contemporary jewellery collections can be visited, allowing entry into one of the spaces that are usually more reserved and inaccessible to the public.