The assembly
Collection
This collection, of great aesthetic and visual impact, presents us with various types of objects, composed of a multiplicity of materials and technical complexity that require a careful eye.
Video description
Promotional video of the museum. Ambient music, no narration.
The video shows interior spaces and works from the Francisco Capelo Collection.
During the video, text cards appear with the following messages:
- A square with 500 years of history.
- A 17th-century building.
- Five years restoring the building.
- Two years designing the exhibition project.
- 1600m2 of exhibition space.
- 24 rooms.
- 100 display cases.
- 14 countries.
- 2,384 hours of conservation and restoration.
- Seven weeks installing the pieces.
- 2,400 years of history in 1326 pieces.
Assembly
For the museum's assembly, a planning of the delivery of the pieces was carried out, with the larger items being delivered at 5:30 AM to avoid interfering with traffic.
All transport and assembly actions for the exhibition objects were carried out by specialized companies, with the support of conservators-restorers, ensuring the material integrity of the objects.
Similarly to the building that housed these objects, the collection also benefited from compliance with legal requirements (Framework Law of Portuguese Museums, Law no. 47/2004), including conservation and restoration actions by specialized technicians with legally recognized qualifications, both from the institution's staff and external personnel contracted for the purpose.
The conservation and restoration interventions were, as required, guided by the adherence to ethical and deontological principles. Also, within the scope of conservation and object security, condition reports were made for all pieces entering the museum, and each was assigned an Inventory number, which was entered into an official database and inscribed in a hidden area of the object in a technically appropriate and reversible manner.