Centro Nacional de Artesanato e Design

Centro Nacional de Artesanato e Design (English: "National Center of Crafts and Design") is a museum in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde. It situated at the north end of Praça Nova in the city centre of Mindelo. It exhibits works of popular culture, design and crafts.[1]

Centro Nacional de Artesanato e Design
Front of the museum
LocationPraça Nova, Mindelo, Cape Verde
Coordinates16.8903°N 24.9878°W / 16.8903; -24.9878
Collectionslocal culture, crafts, design

History

The museum is housed in a colonial building that was originally built for Senator Vera Cruz at the end of the 19th century.[2] Between 1917 and 1921, it housed the Liceu Nacional.[2][3] In 1950, Rádio Barlavento was installed in the building. After the radio station moved in 1979, the building was transformed into the current museum. Renovation of the current museum building and construction of a new museum building attached to it have been announced for 2018.[4]

See also

References
  1. Museu CNAD, Centro Nacional de Artesanato e Design, Africa Architecture Awards
  2. Génese e desenvolvimento da cidade do Mindelo: a preservação de uma identidade, Fred Yanick Fonseca Delgado, 2016, p. 125
  3. Milheiro, Ana Vaz (2008). "Liceu Nacional". Património de Influência Portuguesa — HPIP. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  4. "São Vicente vai receber em 2018 "o maior investimento" do Ministério da Cultura – ministro". Inforpress. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

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