The
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian) is a
PortuguesePortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...
private foundationPrivate foundations are legal entities set up by an individual, a family or a group of individuals, for a purpose such as philanthropy. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is an example of a private foundation. Various countries have laws relating to the establishment and operation of these...
of public utility whose statutory aims are in the fields of
artsaRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is most famous for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
,
charityA charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . The term is relatively general and can technically refer to a public charity or a private foundation. It differs from other types of NPOs in that its focus is centered around goals of a general philanthropic nature A charitable...
,
educationEducation in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual...
, and
scienceScience is in its broadest sense to any systematic knowledge-base or prescriptive practice that is capable of resulting in a prediction or predictable type of outcome...
. Created by a clause in the will of Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, a petrol magnate of
ArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n origin, the Foundation's statutes were approved in 1956.
The head-office is located in
LisbonLisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the district of Lisbon and the main city of the Lisbon region...
. The large premises, opened in 1969, comprise the head-office itself and the museum, and were designed by Ruy Athouguia, Pedro Cid, and Alberto Pessoa.
The
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian) is a
PortuguesePortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...
private foundationPrivate foundations are legal entities set up by an individual, a family or a group of individuals, for a purpose such as philanthropy. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is an example of a private foundation. Various countries have laws relating to the establishment and operation of these...
of public utility whose statutory aims are in the fields of
artsaRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is most famous for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
,
charityA charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . The term is relatively general and can technically refer to a public charity or a private foundation. It differs from other types of NPOs in that its focus is centered around goals of a general philanthropic nature A charitable...
,
educationEducation in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual...
, and
scienceScience is in its broadest sense to any systematic knowledge-base or prescriptive practice that is capable of resulting in a prediction or predictable type of outcome...
. Created by a clause in the will of Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, a petrol magnate of
ArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n origin, the Foundation's statutes were approved in 1956.
The head-office is located in
LisbonLisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the district of Lisbon and the main city of the Lisbon region...
. The large premises, opened in 1969, comprise the head-office itself and the museum, and were designed by Ruy Athouguia, Pedro Cid, and Alberto Pessoa. In addition to the areas occupied by the Foundation's management and various departments, the premises include a large auditorium, a space for temporary exhibitions, a congress area with auditoriums and other rooms, as well as a large building that houses the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum and the Art Library. The entire complex is set in the Gulbenkian Park, which was designed by Ribeiro Telles. In 1983, the Modern Art Centre, consisting of a museum and an education centre, was opened at one end of the park. The
Instituto Gulbenkian de CiênciaThe Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência was founded and is supported by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian to carry on biomedical research and education...
(a science institute) is situated inside a multi-building complex in
OeirasOeiras is a town and a municipality in western Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal. It is in conurbation with Lisbon, the parish population is 34,850, and the entire Oeiras Municipality has 168,475 inhabitants. The town of Oeiras is one of the most populous towns in Portugal...
(outskirts of Lisbon), near the palace of the
Marquis of PombalCount of Oeiras was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from July 15th, 1759, by King Joseph I of Portugal, and granted to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Head of the Portuguese Government.Later, through another royal decree dated from September 16th, 1769, the same...
. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation also has a delegation in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
(UK Branch) and a centre in
ParisParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
(the Calouste Gulbenkian Cultural Centre). The
Gulbenkian OrchestraThe Gulbenkian Orchestra is a major symphony orchestra in Portugal, based in the capital Lisbon. It was founded in 1962 by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.-Principal conductors:*Lawrence Foster *Muhai Tang...
is one of the major orchestras in Portugal.
PartexPartex Oil and Gas Corporation is an oil company which is fully owned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, from Lisbon, Portugal.-History:...
, a Portuguese oil extraction company, is fully owned by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
See also
- Calouste Gulbenkian
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development...
- Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
- Gulbenkian Prize
The Gulbenkian Prize, now called the ArtFund Prize, is an annual prize awarded to a museum or gallery in the United Kingdom for a "track record of imagination, innovation and excellence"...
- Gulbenkian Orchestra
The Gulbenkian Orchestra is a major symphony orchestra in Portugal, based in the capital Lisbon. It was founded in 1962 by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.-Principal conductors:*Lawrence Foster *Muhai Tang...
- Gulbenkian Science Institute
- Armenian-Portuguese relations
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