Founder's Collection that houses the
Founder's Collection was designed by the architects Ruy Jervis d'Athouguia,
Pedro Cid and Alberto Pessoa(1969) to accommodate around six thousand pieces amassed by Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian.
From the three solutions jointly presented that of the team made up of the architects Ruy Jervis d'Athouguia,
Pedro Cid and Alberto Pessoa was selected as fulfilling the requirements of the commission to produce a sober, dignified building in a unified architectural setting.
Sarah Bernhardt(French:; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard, 22 or 23 October 1844- 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame Aux Camelias by
Alexandre Dumas, fils, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo,
Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand.