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By the end of 2008, Lisboa will enjoy a Design and Fashion Museum, known as MUDE. This will function as a platform for the promotion of Portuguese and international design, while also providing a meeting point for other arts. The future museum will be housed in the Verride Palace, dating from the first half of the 18th century (known as Santa Catarina Palace). Enjoying a privileged view of the river Tagus, Bairro Alto and Chiado, the museum unites two of the most charming and cultural neighborhoods in Lisboa. The building will feature eight floors (two underground) and a total of 1,200 m2 of exhibit space. The Mude collection will comprise the Francisco Capelo collection, considered to be one of the most important on an international level. It consists of around 1,000 furniture and design objects and 1,200 high fashion pieces that have marked the most important artistic periods of the 20th century. This collection is further enhanced by more than 40 industrial design objects, as well as, a vast number of books on design and fashion which will be housed in the museum’s future documentation centre.