Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia | |
Established | 4 October 2016 (Placing the last stone: 9 March 2017 ) [1] |
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Location | Belém, Lisbon, Portugal |
Coordinates | 38°41′45″N9°11′41″W / 38.69591°N 9.19464°W |
Type | Museum of art, science and industrial archeology and exhibition center |
Director | João Pinharanda |
Architect | Amanda Levete |
Owner | EDP Foundation |
Website | www |
The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (Portuguese : Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia) (MAAT) is a museum in Lisbon, Portugal.
MAAT is a cultural project for the city Lisbon that is focused on three areas - Art, Architecture, and Technology. The €20m museum sits on the River Tagus (Rio Tejo) to the west of the city centre. [2] and "one of Europe's most lyrical new museums". [3] It establishes a connection between the new building and the Tejo Power Station, one of Portugal's most prominent examples of industrial architecture from the first half of the 20th century, and one of the most visited museums in the country. The museum is designed by Amanda Levete Architects.
MAAT's ambition is to present national and international exhibitions by contemporary artists, architects, and thinkers. The programme also includes various curatorial perspectives on EDP Foundation's Art Collection, reflecting current subject matters and trends.
MAAT's programme opened on 30 June 2016 with four exhibitions held in renovated spaces of the Tejo Power Station building. On 5 October of the same year, the new building opened to the public with a large-scale work by French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, created specifically for this space.
This is a project conceived for all kinds of public, of all ages, boasting an educational programme of multidisciplinary activities about art, architecture and technology – all initiatives which encourage creative thinking and new ways of acquiring and developing knowledge.
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