Centro Nacional de Arte, Artesanato e Design (CNAD) (English: "National Centre for Art, Crafts and Design") is a cultural centre in the city of
, on the island of
São Vicente, in
Cape Verde
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. It is the first cultural institution built from scratch in the country, prepared to host temporary and permanent exhibitions, develop creative residencies and also serve as the basis for a documentary and artistic archive of Cape Verdean traditional and contemporary art production. CNAD is situated at the north end of
Praça Nova
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, in the city centre of Mindelo.
History
The museum is housed in a colonial building that was originally built for Senator Vera Cruz at the end of the 19th century.
[Génese e desenvolvimento da cidade do Mindelo: a preservação de uma identidade]
Fred Yanick Fonseca Delgado, 2016, p. 125 Between 1917 and 1921, it housed the ''Liceu Nacional''.
[ In 1950, ]Rádio Barlavento
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was installed in the building. After the radio station moved in 1979, the building was transformed into the current museum. Renovation of the current museum building and construction of a new museum building attached to it have been announced for 2018.
See also
*List of buildings and structures in São Vicente, Cape Verde
This is a list of buildings and structures in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde.
Mindelo
* Centro Nacional de Artesanato e Design
* Liceu Velho
* Liceu Ludgero Lima
* Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Light, Mindelo
* Paços do Concelho
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References
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Museums in Cape Verde
Buildings and structures in Mindelo
Portuguese colonial architecture in Cape Verde