The Pottery Museum occupies the building of the former “Casa dos Mendanhas Benevides Cyrne”, located in the historic center of the city. It was created in 1963 and opened to the public in 1995. It has been part of the Portuguese Museum Network (Institute of Museums and Conservation) since 2000.

The collection of the Pottery Museum, which currently has around 9000 pieces, is essentially made up of collections of Portuguese matte and glazed ceramics (from north to south) and foreign ceramics (from Angola, Algeria, Brazil, Timor, Chile, Spain and Cape Green). Its mission is the acquisition, research and dissemination of this important pottery heritage, as well as its preservation. You can appreciate pieces of black china, matte red china, glazed and figured red china.

More information about the activities of Museu de Olaria em: www.museuolaria.pt

Source: https://www.cm-barcelos.pt/viver/cultura/museu-de-olaria/

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