Inaugurated in October 2016 within the framework of EDP Foundation’s long-running policy of cultural patronage, MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology is an international institution dedicated to arouse critical discourse and creative practice with the intent of sparking new understandings about the historical present and a responsible commitment to the future. Located on the riverfront in Lisbon’s historical Belém district, MAAT comprises a former power station built in 1908 – MAAT Central – and a contemporary building – MAAT Gallery – connected via a park that extends along the River Tagus: MAAT Garden. In addition to the programme of temporary exhibitions and activities – Agenda – the museum also features permanent exhibitions such as The Electricity Factory at Central Tejo and the sculptures in the outdoor spaces. Based on the multiple layers of history preserved in its cultural and artistic heritage, MAAT advocates a concept of the museum as a catalyst for converting discourse into action and for creating a public able to exercise its power of choice autonomously through the articulation of debate, the sharing of positions and the formulation of knowledge. In the aim of fostering an open and transformative relationship between cultural institutions and social change, the museum seeks both to question and celebrate the intellectual ambitions and creative means through which we imagine (with art), inhabit (with architecture) and create (with technology) the world we live in – i.e. the ways in which we constantly redefine our collective commitment to the planetary ecosystem we belong to.