Le nouveau musée national des Carrosses, un défi !

The new national carriage museum, a challenge! The horse-drawn vehicles belonging to the Portuguese royal family were displayed for over a century in their original location, the former royal riding school at Belém, perfectly adapted to this museum use. But the government has recently decided to hav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silvana Bessone
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication 2015-11-01
Series:In Situ
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/insitu/11941
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Summary:The new national carriage museum, a challenge! The horse-drawn vehicles belonging to the Portuguese royal family were displayed for over a century in their original location, the former royal riding school at Belém, perfectly adapted to this museum use. But the government has recently decided to have a new museum building erected, worthy of this extremely rich collection of vehicles, dating from the end of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth. This decision represents a huge challenge for the country’s museology specialists.
ISSN:1630-7305