Fundação Serralves

The Serralves Foundation, in Porto, brings together contemporary art, architecture, cinema and landscape in a heritage ensemble classified as a National Monument in 2012. The property was acquired by the State in December 1986, and the House and Park opened to the public on 29 May 1987. Created in 1989, the Foundation gave institutional structure to this cultural project. The Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Álvaro Siza, began in 1991 and opened its new building in 1999. The Serralves House preserves the Art Deco language of the 1930s, while the Park, designed by Jacques Gréber, extends over 18 hectares of formal gardens, woodland and a traditional farm. Between lioz-stone interiors, exhibition spaces and tree-lined paths, Serralves shows how historic heritage and contemporary creation can inhabit the same place.