Emma Gordon Clabin Cultural Foundation Museum

The Emma Gordon Clabin Cultural Foundation is a Brazilian museum located in the city of São Paulo, in the Jardim Europa district. Founded in 1978, it is a private, nonprofit, federal organization dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the artistic heritage, historical and scientific collection of entrepreneur, philanthropist and collector Emma Gordon Clabin. The museum has been open to the public since 2007.

The collection includes 1,545 exhibits, which were collected by Emma Clabin throughout her life. There are works of European, Asian, African and Brazilian art, as well as classical antiquity and pre-Columbian period – covering a time period of over 3,500 years. The collection includes paintings by famous artists, objects of decorative and applied art, antique furniture, a collection of rare books and documents.

The headquarters of the foundation is located in São Paulo. The mansion of 900 square meters with a magnificent garden was carefully designed and built by architect Alfredo Ernesto Becker in the 50s of the last century to house the collection.