José Malhoa Museum

The Museu de José Malhoa (José Malhoa Museum), in Caldas da Rainha, is a regional Portuguese museum, that hosts the finest collection of the Portuguese naturalist painter José Malhoa. The museum building, the first purpose-built museum in Portugal, was constructed in 1940 and enlarged in 1950 and 1957.[1] The museum's collection includes paintings, sculptures, medals, drawings and ceramics from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Museu de José Malhoa, with a statue of the museum's namesake in the foreground

Localization

The museum is located in the city of Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Portugal, in the middle of the D. Carlos I park.

References
  1. Museu de José Malhoa Archived 2006-12-13 at the Wayback Machine from the Instituto Português de Museus

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