National Museum of the Azulejo

National Tile Museum
Museu Nacional do Azulejo
Established1965
LocationRua da Madre de Deus, 4, 1900-312 Lisboa,  Portugal
DirectorMaria Antónia Pinto de Matos
Website
www.museudoazulejo.gov.pt

The Museu Nacional do Azulejo (Portuguese for National Museum of the Azulejo), occasionally known in English as the National Tile Museum, is an art museum in Lisbon, Portugal dedicated to the azulejo, traditional tilework of Portugal and the former Portuguese Empire, as well as of other Iberophone cultures. Housed in the former Madre de Deus Convent, the museum's collection is one of the largest of ceramics in the world.

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