Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
This museum’s significance starts with the collector behind it: Calouste Gulbenkian, an Armenian-born oil magnate based in Portugal. Founded in 1969, the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum is operated by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and designed by architect Rui Jervis Atouguia. Inside, the collection is organized into two chronological-and-geographical routes, letting you move through time as well as across regions. One circuit leads from Greco-Roman art into the ancient Near East and the Nile Valley, including works tied to ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and the Islamic period. The other focuses on Europe—art of the book, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts—giving special prominence to French 18th-century art and to the jewellery of René Lalique. The galleries carry works by major names such as Rembrandt, Monet, Rubens, Manet, Renoir, Degas, and Turner. …
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