Museu de Olaria
Museu de Olaria
4.5
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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RachD66
Ashtead, UK17 contributions
Sep 2024 • Family
Fantastic small museum. Stumbled across it and very cheap entry. Loved finding out about the history of pottery in Portugal and Barcelona. Several fascinating exhibitions and video diaries. Very helpful staff.
Written September 5, 2024
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susanamrcgx
Barcelos, Portugal21 contributions
Mar 2017
Great place for pottery lovers
Here we could find unique pieces made by artisans
Here we can work the clay
Here we can take part in workshops
Much more than a museum ... a real school
Here we could find unique pieces made by artisans
Here we can work the clay
Here we can take part in workshops
Much more than a museum ... a real school
Written March 14, 2017
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Miguel M
Maia, Portugal74 contributions
Sep 2015 • Friends
The Pottery museum in Barcelos as the biggest collection of Portuguese “Figurado” that are clay representation of every day tasks and professions linked mainly agriculture, but also others. Several Barcelos artist are represented there the main famous Rosa Ramalho and Bothers Baraça. In the museum is also possible to observe contemporaneous artists. Free Tickets.
Written September 14, 2015
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JPF50
Maidstone, UK116 contributions
Sep 2023 • Couples
What a wonderful museum we were there for a couple of hours and I could have stayed for longer. It’s very modern and the ceramics are very well displayed and show the development of the craft over the centuries. There’s a whole variety of pieces from the modern to the old. What I really liked were the videos and the interviews with old people who talked about how they worked years ago and the changes they’ve seen. The videos are in Portuguese but there are excellent English subtitles . One video shows all the stages of getting the clay , puddling it with oxen and then making storage jars and containers and firing them in the traditional way . It was fascinating .
It was completely free and there were lovely toilets and many seats around if you needed a rest. I’d go back again if we had the time.
It was completely free and there were lovely toilets and many seats around if you needed a rest. I’d go back again if we had the time.
Written September 25, 2023
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AlbertSalichs
Manresa, Spain22,069 contributions
Sep 2019 • Friends
Museu de Olaria (Pottery Museum, in English) is located in Barcelos, an historical town in the North of Portugal. Here you can see some traditional figures of Pottery and the typical black pottery of the region. Curious. Nice. Interesting.
Written September 20, 2019
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Craig M
Porto, Portugal3,047 contributions
Jan 2019 • Couples
The museum was created in 1963, it was initially a museum of regional pottery but it has since expanded its scope to pottery from around Portugal. We were pleasantly surprised to find that admission was free and there was no restriction on taking photographs. The public exhibition is contained on the upper level of the two-storey building.
One of the museum’s exhibits features some of the brightly coloured, whimsical works of the pottery-making Baraça family from Barcelos. One of the more famous of these artisans was Ana Baraça, who began making clay roosters from the age of 7 and painted them in her distinctive style.
The second half of the museum provides an insight into the history of the pottery industry as well as a selection of plates, bowls and vases. It is an interesting little museum that is worth a visit.
One of the museum’s exhibits features some of the brightly coloured, whimsical works of the pottery-making Baraça family from Barcelos. One of the more famous of these artisans was Ana Baraça, who began making clay roosters from the age of 7 and painted them in her distinctive style.
The second half of the museum provides an insight into the history of the pottery industry as well as a selection of plates, bowls and vases. It is an interesting little museum that is worth a visit.
Written January 12, 2019
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susan g
Belfast, UK236 contributions
Jul 2018 • Couples
Only takes about 15-30 mins but so interesting and unique. Loved the fun element of many of the pieces. Great fun.
Written July 22, 2018
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mpasnikowski
772 contributions
Apr 2018 • Business
Barcelos is famous for its ceramics. You can see various sculptures all over the place. The museum has quite collection of ceramic sculptures and little figurines. Very good for art lovers
Written April 19, 2018
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Kvalka
Kopavogur, Iceland67 contributions
Oct 2017
I visited Barcelos just because of this museum. And it was my highlight of the trip there though I also saw many other interesting things in Barcelos. I'm a ceramicist and I enjoyed the special history of the ceramic culture in Barcelos. It's naive in many ways but that is one of its charms.
Written February 16, 2018
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bettencourtana
Esposende, Portugal8 contributions
Oct 2015
An excellent museum with an excellent show of tradicional ceramic artesanat, namelly what we call the figured (representations of popular or imagined figures).
Written May 19, 2016
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Ver fotos com mulheres carregando peças de olaria,dado que não me posso deslocar com facilisade.Obrigada pl atenção.
Maria Santos
Written May 19, 2024
Quanto custa visitar o Museu da Olaria
Written June 18, 2016
Informaçãoretirada do site do Museu de Olaria
20.06.2016
Tarifário
Público | Temporariamente Gratuitas
Visitas guiadas grupos escolares | Gratuitas
Visitas guiadas pedagógicas | Gratuitas
Visitas guiadas outros grupos | Temporariamente gratuitas
Programas
Programa para Instituições Escolares | Temporariamente Gratuitas
Programa Férias no Museu | 1,10€
Programa Fim de Semana no Museu | 2,20€
Programa Museu Sénior | 2,20€
Written June 20, 2016
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