International Museum Day
16, 17 and 18 May 2026. Free entry
Gulbenkian celebrates International Museum Day, this year under the theme “Museums Uniting a Divided World”, with three days of programming that highlight the role of museums as bridges between cultures, communities and perspectives, fostering dialogue, understanding, inclusion and peace.
Over three days, enjoy guided tours, workshops, film screenings, concerts, performances and live music. All events, as well as entry to CAM and all temporary exhibitions, are free. On 16 May, the celebrations continue into the evening with a Silent Party from 21:00, and all the exhibitions closes at 22:00.
For activities until 14:00, you can pick up your tickets from 10:00. For all other activities, you can pick up your tickets from 14:00.
Find out more about the International Museum Day programme and come celebrate with us!
Arts Car
Is it fashion, or is it spectacle?
Todd Webb. Photographs of Portugal
Turning fear around, like Paula Rego
A Look at Belas Artes. Bruno Zhu
Open Residency Institutionings
Diogo Pimentão in direct speech
Rosa Barba. Artist and curator live
Dries (2017)
Launch of the publication Rosa Barba. Impermanence in Fields
Silent Party
McQueen (2018)
ZAF – Family Artistic Zone
Scheherazade. Endless Stories from the CAM Collection
Vocabularies of Rosa Barba
Poetry in the Gallery
Belas Artes according to Bruno Zhu
Sounds of Resistance. Luís Bittencourt
The Gospel According to Andre (2017)
Book Presentation Ficção não Ficção (Fiction-non-fiction) – Volume 2
SLAM at CAM