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Museum,
Portuguese
Surrealism
Center,
Literary
Tower,
Library,
Educational
Service,
Auditorium
and
Bookstore/Shop.
•
The
Cupertino
de
Miranda
Foundation,
based
in
Vila
Nova
de
Famalicão,
was
established
on
the
initiative
of
Arthur
Cupertino
de
Miranda
(1892-1988)
and
his
wife,
D.
Elzira
Celeste
Maya
de
Sá
Cupertino
de
Miranda,
(1892-1978)
who
they
allocated
personal
assets
to
it
and
constituted
it
by
statutes
of
October
2,
1963.
The
couple
donated
part
of
their
personal
assets,
which
included
a
set
of
shares
representing
5%
of
the
share
capital
of
Banco
Português
do
Atlântico,
with
a
view
to
creating
of
an
institution
for
cultural
promotion
and
support
for
situations
of
economic
need.
The
Cupertino
de
Miranda
Foundation
is
a
private
institution
of
social
solidarity,
recognized
as
being
of
public
utility
and
without
any
profit
motive,
which
its
statutory
aims
are
embodied
in
the
first
words
of
an
autograph
by
the
Founder,
reproduced
on
a
tile
panel
present
at
the
entrance
of
the
Museum:
“
Temple
of
Art,
Culture
and
Kindness,
be
it,
in
my
homeland:
Praise
to
Work,
Honor
to
Knowledge,
Hymn
to
Love,
Testimony
of
devotion
to
this
People.
Arthur
Cupertino
de
Miranda,
1970.”
The
Cupertino
de
Miranda
Foundation
Museum
is
a
Cultural
Institution
serving
the
community
and
its
mission
is
to
promote
Modern
and
Contemporary
Art,
especially
Surrealism.
Its
main
objectives
are
the
study,
documentation,
conservation
and
dissemination
of
its
collection.
With
an
important
collection
made
up
essentially
of
works
by
Portuguese
artists,
it
reinforces
a
heritage
that
is
increasingly
representative
of
Portuguese
Surrealism.
The
exhibition
extends
over
4
floors
and
14
rooms and,
in
each
of
the
rooms,
there
is
an
explanatory
text
of
what
is
presented.
The
exhibition
is
presented
from
the
present
to
the
past,
trying
to
establish
connections
between
each
of
the
spaces
that,
at
times,
may
not
be
so
evident.
We
start
in
the
20th
century
and
go
back
to
the
13th
century.
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