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José Malhoa Museum

Coordinates: 39°24′03″N 9°08′02″W / 39.4008°N 9.1340°W / 39.4008; -9.1340
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Museu de José Malhoa, with a statue of the museum's namesake in the foreground

The Museu de José Malhoa (José Malhoa Museum), in Caldas da Rainha, is a regional Portuguese museum, that hosts the finest collection of the Portuguese naturalist painter José Malhoa. The museum building, the first purpose-built museum in Portugal, was constructed in 1940 and enlarged in 1950 and 1957.[1] The museum's collection includes paintings, sculptures, medals, drawings and ceramics from the 19th and 20th centuries.

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The museum is located in the city of Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Portugal, in the middle of the D. Carlos I park [pt].

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39°24′03″N 9°08′02″W / 39.4008°N 9.1340°W / 39.4008; -9.1340