Guided Tour — Season 1, Episode 12: Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisboa

Episode synopsis

The African collection of the National Museum of Ethnology is one of the best in the world. So much so that the Museum of African Art in New York has held a major exhibition exclusively with the African pieces from the National Museum of Ethnology. But, despite the invaluable value of this collection, some of its pieces are only 10 years old. What makes a drum, a mask or a pot lid valuable?

About Guided Tour

Guided Tour is a television and radio program about the treasures of the Portuguese cultural heritage. Treasures with recognized universal value, pieces that any western country would be proud to integrate into its heritage, and little known to the Portuguese. From a silver goblet with Mozarabic decoration and a thousand years old to a cloister that is referred to as a masterpiece of European Renaissance, passing through a collection of African art classified as one of the best in the world, the nature of objects, their context geographic location and historical time vary from episode to episode.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Sé de Braga
• E2Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisboa
• E3Museu Machado de Castro e Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova, Coimbra
• E4Museu de Alberto Sampaio, Guimarães
• E5Museu Grão Vasco, Viseu
• E7Convento de Cristo, Tomar
• E8Convento da Madre de Deus, Lisboa
• E9Mosteiro de Tibães, Braga
• E10Universidade de Coimbra
• E11Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea-Museu do Chiado, Lisboa
• E13Museu Soares dos Reis, Porto