Fado Museum
Museu do Fado | |
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 The Fado Museum entrance in Lisbon | |
 Interactive fullscreen map | |
| Established | 25 September 1998 |
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| Location | Largo do Chafariz de Dentro, 1, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Coordinates | 38°42′40″N 9°07′39″W / 38.7111284°N 9.127618°W |
| Type | Music museum |
| Visitors | 53,014 (2022)[1] |
| Director | Sara Pereira |
| Public transit access | Metro: Santa Apolónia Train: Santa Apolónia Bus: Lines 728, 735, 759, 794 |
| Website | www |
The Fado Museum is a music museum dedicated to Fado located in the Lisbon neighbourhood of Alfama. It was inaugurated on 25 September 1998.[2]
In 2008 the museum was thoroughly renovated. Rather than recreating the traditional environment of Fado, its Permanent Exhibition changed its focus to exhibiting artworks related to Fado by artists such as José Malhoa, Júlio Pomar and Constatino Fernandes, as well as objects from Fado's history, including sheet music, videos, music and hundreds of biographies. Among the works exhibited are the paintings O fado by José Malhoa and Os fadistas (1873) by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro.[3] An audio guide in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish was also made available to the museum's visitors.[4]
Since 2016 the museum hosts on its official website a digital sound archive with thousands of sound recordings, available in full, going back to the beginning of the 20th century. The recordings can be browsed by interpreter or repertoire. It has also launched a record label, Museu do Fado Discos.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Relatório e Contas 2022 (PDF) (Report) (in Portuguese). EGEAC. 2023. p. 30. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Museu do Fado celebra 20 anos" [Fado Museum celebrates 20 years [of existence]]. Antena 1 (in Portuguese). RTP. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Quadro de Malhoa integra renovado Museu do Fado que abre quinta-feira" [Painting by Malhoa joins the renovated Fado Museum which will open this Thursday]. RTP (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 28 September 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ Moço, João (6 October 2008). "Aos dez anos, o Museu do Fado renova-se e abraça a tecnologia" [10 years on, the Fado Museum is renovated and embraces technology]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Global Media Group. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Museu do Fado disponibiliza Arquivo Sonoro Digital e cria Editora discográfica" [Fado Museum releases Digital Sound Archive and creates record label]. Antena 1 (in Portuguese). RTP. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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