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ANNUAL REPORT 2014 ANNUAL REPORT FUNDAÇÃO MILLENNIUM BCP 2014 • Index INDEX 4 Activity Report 2014 14 Financial Statements 21 Notes to the Financial Statements 27 Report and Opinion of the Audit Board Fundação Millennium bcp EDUARDO VIANA Girl at the Window, 1948 Oil on Canvas 100,5 x 81 cm Cover ANNUAL REPORT FUNDAÇÃO MILLENNIUM BCP 2014 • Activity Report 2014 ACTIVITY REPORT 2014 The mission of the Millennium bcp Foundation, within the scope of the Social Responsibility policy of Millennium bcp, is to support initiatives of cultural, scientifi c and social interest, through the development of patronage activity in Portugal and other countries where Millennium bcp conducts its business. Its plan of action aims at concentrating activity in priority areas, promoting initiatives with a signifi cant impact on the enhancement of the value of society, to which the name of the Foundation and of the Bank can be associated in the long term, namely in the areas of: • Culture – painting, conservation of heritage, architecture and urbanism, numismatics and museology; • Education – excellent education programmes, internationalisation of Portuguese universities, support to scientifi c research and development of Human Resources; • Social Solidarity – direct support to national institutions and support to structural initiatives which might benefi t the highest number of people and entities. CULTURE CONSERVATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE BANK’S HERITAGE: In this area, particular note should be made of the number of initiatives intended to share the Bank’s cultural and artistic heritage with the community: • Maintenance of the Archeological Centre of Rua dos Correeiros (NARC) and management of the guided visits. This year, a total of 11,830 visitors were received, of which close to 23% are groups from educational establishments: 17.5% of which are students from primary and secondary education and the rest is from senior universities and higher education. The following initiatives were also supported under NARC’s operation: International Day of Monuments and Sites through the exceptional opening of NARC; Museum Day through the exceptional opening of NARC; Museum Night through the exceptional opening of NARC; Heritage Days with the opening of NARC and the Millennium Gallery with extended opening hours. • Millennium Gallery – the following temporary exhibitions were held in this gallery which does not charge entrance fees: • The Atmosphere Itinerary exhibition by Boguslaw Kott, showcasing the author’s photographs, on display from 12 February to 5 March, received 1,105 visitors; • The Loves exhibition – composed of fi ve Valentine’s Handkerchiefs (generously assigned by the Museum of Folk Art) and the painting of Paula Rego Love Scarves (which belongs to the Millennium bcp art collection) – was on display from 14 to 28 February in the main hall of the Millennium bcp building on Rua Augusta, next to the Gallery; • The Pre-Classic Lisbon, a Mediterranean port on the Atlantic Coast archaeological exhibition devoted to the city’s origins. Open to the public from 14 March to 31 May, it received 6,600 visitors; • Which Sardine Are You? exhibition. This action was conducted in partnership with EGEAC as part of the Lisbon Festivities. On display from 18 June to 24 September, the exhibition received 20,008 visitors; • The Júlio Pomar – Works from the Millennium bcp Collection exhibition. On display from 4 October to 21 January 2015, at the Millennium Gallery (Lisbon). By 31 December it had received 6,368 visitors. • Continuing the Shared Art itinerary exhibitions project, which began in 2009, the following thematic exhibitions were organised and presented this year: • The Naturalist Painting in the Millennium bcp Collection exhibition, held in the context of the Millennium bcp Shared Art itinerant exhibitions project. The exhibition is composed of a collection of works (Bank’s collection) spanning more than a century of artistic production – 1830 to 1962. It was on display in Caldas da Rainha – Cultural Congress Centre from 27 March to 31 May, where it received 2,806 visitors and in Viseu – Grão Vasco Museum, from 24 September to 11 January 2015, which received 10,900 visitors; • The Abstraction, Millennium bcp Shared Art exhibition in the City Hall of the Municipal Gallery of Torres Vedras, which showcased 39 works of Portuguese and foreign abstractionism from 7 October to 17 January 2015. It received 3,336 visitors. ANNUAL REPORT FUNDAÇÃO MILLENNIUM BCP 2014 • Activity Report 2014 • Within the scope of the sharing of Millennium bcp’s artistic collection with the community, the following exhibition was also held: • Poetry is on the Streets, organised in collaboration with the Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva Foundation and Porto City Hall, showcased in the Almeida Garret Gallery, in Porto. It included a signifi cant number of works by Vieira da Silva that are part of the Millennium bcp collection. PROMOTION OF MUSEOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER CULTURAL INITIATIVES: • National Museum of Ancient Art (MNAA): • Protocol with the Directorate General for Cultural Heritage whereby the Millennium bcp Foundation became a patron for the renovation of the main hall of the Museum, reaffi rming its importance in the accomplishment of the cultural objectives of the museum; • Extra protocol for the acquisition of publications for the Museum Library; support to the Blue over Gold exhibition, showcasing Chinese porcelain of the Embassy of France in Portugal; the Lucas Giordano exhibition and the Splendour and Glory exhibition. • National Tile Museum (MNAz): • Protocol with the Directorate General for Cultural Heritage whereby the Millennium bcp Foundation became a patron for the renovation of the D. Manuel room, the interior space of the ancient Madre de Deus church, as a future exhibition area in the National Tile Museum (MNAz); • Extra protocol: donation of 16 used computers. • National Museum of Contemporary Art – Chiado Museum (MNAC): support to museum activities, namely the permanent exhibition and temporary exhibitions: the Sara & André. Exercises in Style exhibition, 6,926 visitors; the Pires Vieira exhibition; the Incorporated Vision – performance for the camera exhibition; the Symphony of the Unknown video installation by Nuno Cera, with 4,116 visitors; the Tatiana Macedo video – Staff Only: At Work, which received 14,001 visitors and support to the research work for the documentation of the works of art of the Museum’s collection, with a view to being included in the 3rd volume of the Museum’s catalogue; • National Archaeology Museum (MNA) – within the scope of the Protocol with the Directorate General for Cultural Heritage whereby the Millennium bcp Foundation became a patron for the restoration of national treasures in the project for the conservation of the archaic jewellery collection; • José Malhoa Museum – support to the restoration works of the Passion of Christ by Bordalo Pinheiro; • Bordalo Pinheiro Museum – support to the display in a museum of the artist’s work Passion of Christ, composed of 60 human scale fi gures and the acquisition of 1 LCD; • Grão Vasco Museum, in Viseu – acquisition of 18 LCD screens to modernise the museum area; • Faro Municipal Museum – remodelling of the Roman mosaic room of the Ocean God in terms of improvement of public accesses and museography. The Museum receives about 2,000 visitors per month; • Geology Museum of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro – support to the annual museum activities; • Machado de Castro Museum, Coimbra – support to the publication of the catalogue of the They are Roses exhibition; • Soares dos Reis Museum (Association Circle Dr. José de Figueiredo Friends of MNSR), Porto – support to the exhibition of the Crosier of the Abbesses of the St. Benedict of Ave Maria Convent, property of the National Museum of Ancient Art, showcased from 7 July to 14 September; • Sacred Art Museum of Funchal – support to the 500 years of the Diocese of Funchal exhibition involving the restoration of two works selected for the exhibition; • Directorate General for Cultural Heritage – Study of audiences of National Museums: donation of 39 computers and respective monitors for the installation of IT kiosks at museums under the tutelage of the Directorate General with a view to undertaking a study of audiences to characterise the profi le of the visitors of each museum, their various segments and the overall profi le of the audience of the museums. The results of the study will be vital for the future defi nition of strategies to attract, encourage loyalty and increase the number of visitors; ANNUAL REPORT FUNDAÇÃO MILLENNIUM BCP 2014 • Activity Report 2014 • Ajuda National Palace – support to the creation of a new graphic and signaletic identity, with a view to providing the visiting audience with better information on the space and modernising that same space; • Guimarães Castle – establishment of a protocol with the Regional Directorate of Culture of the North to restore the Guimarães Castle. The Foundation became an exclusive patron of the renovation; • Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva Foundation – support to the Young People for Art project, an educational programme of social inclusion directed at young people from community groups and schools, fostering the development of not only artistic competences but also organisational, communication and entrepreneurial competences; • VICARTE – Research Unit of Glass and Ceramics for the Arts of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Lisbon – support to the