Olaria Museum
Rua Cónego Joaquim Gaiolas, Barcelos 4750- 306 - Portugal
Phone: +351 253 824 741 - Fax: +351 253 809 661
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The Olaria ceramics museum of Barcelos contains about 7,000 exhibits from all over Portugal and former colonies, but the prime source is the region itself which is regarded as the country’s leading ceramics and crafts market. The museum also offers workshops covering ceramic art, the painting of pottery and traditional board games that are played with clay pieces. As would be expected, the Barcelos cock features prominently, but look out for the blood-red ceramic oxen with lyre-shape horns and the pieces by the local potter Rosa Ramalho in naïve style.
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