Many of the objects created in Ancient China had special meanings, and at the Gulbenkian Museum we found an extraordinary Ruyi sceptre, which is one of such special objects! A Ruyi conveys feelings of love, best wishes for happiness, and best wishes for “everything to go well”! Come and see this object and discover the homophonic tradition of ancient Chinese decorative patterns!

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One flower, many flowers; one garden, multiple gardens... Flowers are a constant element in Islamic works of art, and are organized into different geometric structures... Polygons, rotations, translations, symmetries and harmonies will be the starting points of a family tour that begins with a ten-petal flower and ends in a moonlit garden!

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A portrait of Camille Monet drawn by Auguste Renoir during his stay with the Monets; and a portrait of Henry Michél-Levy painted by Edgar Degas in his studio. Two works that tell us so much about Impressionism, and about its circles of artists. Artists who shared common attractions, such as mundane life and the representations of fleeting reality; landscape and impressions of the atmosphere; the incessant search for light, colour and the feeling of movement...

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What do a golden mask, a scarab-shaped amulet, and a winged goddess have in common? These objects from Ancient Egypt evoke cycles of time and places that cannot be seen... They speak of mysterious counting and weighing, of miraculous metamorphoses, of light and darkness, of life and death. A toast to Eternity!

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One of the most famous pieces of jewellery from the Art Nouveau period belongs to the Gulbenkian Collection and is on display at the Museum, in a room dedicated entirely to its author: French artist René Lalique. A master glassmaker, stained glass artist, jeweller and goldsmith, Lalique drew inspiration from nature to create his amazing works of art. Mr Gulbenkian considered him a genius and became his main patron. During this tour we learn how René Lalique and Mr. Gulbenkian – the creator and the collector – contributed decisively to the emergence of the contemporary concept of jewellery as works of art.

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The Holy Family is a very common theme in European painting. In 1505, when Vittore Carpaccio painted the Holy Family that Mr Gulbenkian would later buy, it was a relatively recent theme. This painting displays certain singularities that challenge collective imagination and provoke strangeness. Discover them, along with your family, during this surprising tour.

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Can a 19th-century painting shed light on pressing issues of our times? On the 250th anniversary of the birth of English painter William Turner, and through his work "Wreck of a Cargo Ship," we ask what do these turbulent waters presently tell us about displacement, survival, and the impact of the storms – both real and symbolic – that we live through.

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