Contemporary Jewellery. The Tereza Seabra Collection
Joalharia Contemporânea. Coleção Tereza Seabra
Family 11€
Friday 2 October · until 31 Jan
From 25 September 2026 to 31 January 2027, MUDE devotes an entire exhibition to the newly donated Tereza Seabra Collection — more than 300 works by over 190 Portuguese and foreign artists tracing six decades of contemporary jewellery (1970-2025) — as part of the official programme of the 3rd Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial.
Synopsis From 25 September 2026 to 31 January 2027, MUDE will host an exhibition entirely dedicated to the recently incorporated "Tereza Seabra Collection", celebrating a donation that enriches the Museum's contemporary jewellery cluster in an extraordinary way. Programmed to coincide with and integrate the official programme of the 3rd Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial, this exhibition does not present itself as an anthology of Tereza Seabra's (b. 1944) creative work, but rather as a mirror of her vision as collector, author, teacher and gallerist — one of the most charismatic figures, inseparable from the consolidation of contemporary jewellery in Portugal. The incorporation of this set embodies a museological strategy outlined since 2011 for the recognition of jewellery as a specific expression of design. This path, which culminated in 2019 with the creation of a public collection of contemporary jewellery at the Museum, now takes on a new scale with the integration of this legacy into the municipal heritage of Lisbon. This "closed collection", assembled by Tereza Seabra since the late 1960s, comprises more than 300 works and represents a visual map of her professional affinities. Through the eyes of more than 190 authors (Portuguese and foreign), the exhibition traces the overall evolution of contemporary jewellery over the last six decades (1970-2025). At the same time, it reveals a collection that preserves the collector's rigorous aesthetic criteria and the inseparable crossing of her multifaceted professional areas spanning creation, pedagogy and research, celebrating contemporary jewellery in its fullness. Prices General – 11€ Discounts Students, Young people aged 13 to 25, Seniors +65