The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, located in the former Santa Gertrudes Park was opened in October 1969. The building was designed by Alberto Pessoa, Pedro Cid and Ruy de Athouguia.
The museum features European painting from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, including works by Rogier van der Weyden, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Frans Hals, Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Herbert Robert, Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas, among others. The collections of furniture and jewellery in the ornamental French arts section are also an important part of museum.
Calouste Gulbenkian was a major patron of René Lalique. The exhibition of his jewels and glass conclude the tour of the Gulbenkian Museum.
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Web Site
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