Visit the Serralves Museum in Porto: tickets, prices, schedules

You're going to Porto for a few days and don't want to miss the city's pearls? Don't miss visiting the Serralves Museum under any pretext!

Did you plan to stay in Porto during your vacation? It's perfect! If the traveller rarely passes next to the Ribeira, the Vila Nova de Gaia, the Clerks Tower or the Palais de la Bourse, some may be more reluctant to the idea of dragging into the aisles of a museum.

However, visiting the Serralves Museum will seduce any kind of public, whether modern or non-initiated art lovers, both by the nature of its installations and by the themes of its exhibitions.

On the way to a surprising discovery!

History of the Serralves Museum

The Serralves Foundation was established in 1989, while the Serralves Foundation was founded in 1989. Casa da Serralves and the park had already opened their doors since 1987. It was only in 1991 that the Museum project was launched. The building was inaugurated in 1999.

The superb contemporary art museum of Serralves is located in a magnificent building designed by Alvaro Siza Vieira , famous contemporary Portuguese architect. The site is organized and arranged according to the last precepts of museological reflection. In harmony with its time, the museum plays with light and space, while modulating its structures according to the thematic approach. No detail is left to chance. Everything is subtly and intelligently orchestrated, in order to transport the visitor to a non-common artistic universe.

If beyond the works it houses, the museum is a work of art in itself, its gardens of eighteen hectares have nothing to envy it. Between French and English gardens, the art lover will be charmed by the surrounding nature bathed in various atmospheres. At the turn of a bosquet or basin, do not miss the Casa da Serralves . This Art Deco jewel of the 1930s, ranked among the Iconic Houses , was partly designed by French architect Charles Siclis. Only flat, the inside is empty.

What to see and do at the Serralves Museum in Porto?

The Museum

The rooms and their architecture

Visiting the Serralves Museum is a real architectural adventure. In harmony with its time, the museum plays with light and space, while modulating its structures according to the thematic approach. No detail is left to chance. Everything is subtly and intelligently orchestrated, in order to transport the visitor to a non-common artistic universe.

Each space is a work of art on its own. Central Room makes the beautiful part of symmetry. L’ right wing the Museum plays with light and openings, inviting the landscape to enter the places. The spaces of the left wing mix wood and volume games.

The sense of visit is intelligently thought out, passing the visitor from a deliberately narrow staircase to the superb marble floor room, which floods light. It is in turn the prospect of inviting oneself to the party, when one enters the party Wooden room where the 3 levels of ceilings have fun of our eyes.

L’ auditorium and library also rival elegance and originality, on the pure architectural plane.

The collections

Visit the Serralves Museum supposes to discover more 4,300 works . These are contemporary, i.e., they were mainly produced from the 1960s.

The museum also offers various temporary exhibitions on known artists from the environment and whose productions change the codes. This is the case especially of the artist Joan Jonas , whose installations combine video, drawing, text and sound. The Museum site also serves as a venue for concerts or dance shows.

The Serralves Museum offers a guided tour, only by reservation.

The Foundation Park

If beyond the works it houses, the Museum is a work of art in itself, its gardens of 18 hectares have nothing to envy him. Between French and English gardens, the art lover will be charmed by the surrounding nature bathed in various atmospheres.

You can admire the sculptures of Serralves Park, all more amazing than others! To make the most of the park, courses are offered. The duration varies from at 2 a.m. .

La Casa da Serralves

At the turn of a bosquet or a basin, do not miss the Casa da Serralves . This Art Deco jewel of the years 1930 , ranked among Iconic Houses , was partly designed by the French architect Charles Siclis .

You can admire the building from the outside, before discovering the chapel, the interior architecture, as well as the antique furniture, of which only a few pieces remain.

How to go to the Serralves Museum?

The museum is number 210 of the Rua Dom João de Castro in Porto. It is quite remote from the city centre. To visit the Serralves Museum and visit the site, different options are available to you.

By metro

• Borrow it purple line (E) and go down to Casa da Musica. If you choose the blue (A), the red line (B), green line (C) or yellow line (D), you will go down to the same stop, but change to Trindade Station.
• Once at Casa da Musica, walk to Boavista roundabout and continue your bus ride.

By bus

You can choose one of the following lines: No. 201, 203, 502 or 504. You will descend to the stop Serralves . Each of these lines circulates at the opening hours of the Museum.

• line 201 takes the direction of Viso
• line 203 towards Castello do Queijo
• line 502 towards Matosinhos Mercado
• line 504 towards Norteshopping.

By car

If you prefer to go to the museum by car, a parking lot is available at the opening hours of the site. The entrance is on the side Largo D. João III . Vehicles are no longer allowed thirty minutes before the car park is closed.

By train

If you come from Aveiro, Ovar, Espinho or Ermelo and Valongo, you can go to the Museum by combining the train and the subway . Once you arrive at the station of Porto, you will take them lines A, B, C or E from Campanhã station to Casa da Musica station.

Serralves Museum schedules and prices in Porto

HORARI

If you want to visit the Serralves Museum, it is open every day, all year round, with the exception of a few dates.

• October to March : 10 am to 6 pm on weekdays, 10 am to 7 pm on weekends and holidays
• April to September : 10h-19 in weekdays, 10h-20h on weekends and holidays
• 24 and 31 December 10h-16h
• Annual closures 25 December and 1 January

Note : It is best to consult the museum’s website before considering a visit. Indeed, although this is rare, it is not impossible for all or part of the site to be inaccessible, especially because of work.

RATES

Serralves Foundation

This ticket includes access to the contemporary art museum, the park, Casa de Serralves and the Manoel de Oliveira Cinema Museum.

• Adult : 18€
• Child 13 to 18, students and seniors over 65 : 9€
• Free for under 12 years

Note : 20% or 25% reductions are offered to cardholders (CP Alfa Pendular, Porto-Card Cartão Jovem, etc.). It is also possible to get 10% off at the restaurant, bookstore and souvenir shop, on presentation of a Yellow Bus, Blue Bus or Douro Acima ticket.

• Partial ticket (part of the site): 12€

In this case, you must choose between the museum, the Casa de Serralves or the cinema museum. In any event, the park is available free of charge.

• Combined ticket: from 22,40€

With this ticket, you will then have all the leisure to discover the riches of the Serralves Foundation, while visiting another famous site of Porto. You will save 5,40 € by buying the combined Serralves ticket + guided tour of the Casa da Musica, at the price of 22,40 €. Other combinations are possible, including the Scholarship Palace or the Clerk Tower (Torre dos Clerigos).

BON A LEARN

- There are lockers in which you can leave your bags.
- Pets are not accepted in the park.
- It is possible to take photos without flash or to film works, unless it is done in an objective of marketing or public dissemination of clichés or tapes. Photos and videos can also be banned on request from the artist.
- It is impossible to eat in the museum or picnic in the park.
- Non-motorized vehicles driven by children can circulate in the park.
- It is forbidden to swim in the basins.
- Several Wifi points are available in the park, outside the museum and the Villa, in the restaurant of the site and in the library.