National Museum Frei Manuel do Cenáculo

The Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum (Museu Nacional Frei Manuel do Cenáculo), formerly known as the Évora Museum, is in the historic centre of the city of Évora in Portugal. It has a diverse collection, with more than 20,000 pieces covering painting; archaeology; sculpture; decorative arts; and numismatics. Since 2023 it has been managed by Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, formerly the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage. History Creation of the Évora Museum was authorized on 30 July 1914, and it was officially established the following year under the name of Évora Regional Museum. It opened to the public in 1921, in the Palácio Amaral , moving to its current building on Largo do Conde de Vila Flor in 1929. The first four rooms were inaugurated two years later and, in 1936, the archaeological section was incorporated. This had previously been located on the ground floor of the Évora public library. With the appointment of Mário Tavares Chicó as director in 1943. Collections Oil painting by Josefa de Óbidos The collection of paintings covers the period from the 15th century to the 20th century. Emphasis is on Portuguese artists or on foreign artists who worked in Portugal. Among those represented are Baltazar Gomes Figueira , his daughter Josefa de Óbidos , Morgado de Setúbal , Domingos Sequeira , Cirilo Volkmar Machado , Silva Porto , the Andalusian painter Josefa Garcia Greno , and Dórdio Gomes . Also noteworthy are various works from different extinct churches and convents in Évora. These include a 13-panel polyptych (composed of thirteen.