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Home News Silves Council receives the archives of the Cork Museum Silves Council receives the archives of the Cork Museum On 3 September 2026, Carvoeiro Branco and ANTRIX will have formalised the donation of the Cork Museum’s archival and documentary collection to Silves Council. By Bruno G.
Álvaro Siza Vieira is redesigning the project for Avenida da Ponte to include the new museum that was originally planned for the Matadouro. The municipality intends to adjust the programme at the Matadouro.
The space dedicated to preserving the city's visual memory reopens this Friday following the completion of renovation works. It was inaugurated last autumn but was not yet finished.
The old carriages are expected to be turned into museum pieces
In the end, it becomes clear why it is interesting to see the exhibition.
There is a museum in the civil parish of Pernes, in Santarém, dedicated to the Portuguese presence in the Orient.
After a year and a half of technical and material renovation works, the Gulbenkian Museum reopens with an exhibition paying tribute to the museum's original layout in 1969. José Luís Porfírio, art critic for Expresso, travels to the past to project the current museum into the present: with its problems, its virtues, and its surprisingly rewarding moments.
“The affliction of the spirit” is an unprecedented exhibition currently at Serralves, in Porto, until November 1st.
This is the name of the exhibition at the Porto Museum of Natural History and Science.
The Marta Ortigão Sampaio House Museum now bears the name of the Souza sisters and has a new programmatic mission: to value the artistic legacy of Aurélia and Sofia by placing it in dialogue with contemporary female creators.
The programme for the 25th-anniversary celebration includes a fado session, readings of Amália Rodrigues' poetry, creative workshops, and guided tours. The event coincides with the artist's birthday.
Bankinter Portugal has announced its support as a patron for the newly renovated Calouste Gulbenkian Museum.
The Caramulo Museum is showcasing an extensive collection of Formula 1 memorabilia and vehicles, marking the biggest exhibition of its kind in the country.
Home News Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet's cars on display in Portugal at the Caramulo Museum Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet's cars on display in Portugal at the Caramulo Museum Around 30 Formula 1 cars, including the legendary cars driven by Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet, are on display for the
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum has reopened to the public following a renovation aimed at restoring the original 1969 architectural vision. Led by architects Frédéric Ladonne and Teresa Nunes da Ponte, the project reintroduced original design elements such as wall silks, carpeting in European galleries, and improved natural lighting. The museum, which houses the collection of Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, now features a more fluid layout that reconnects the galleries with the surrounding gardens designed by António Viana Barreto and Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles. Museum director Xavier F. Salomon emphasized the importance of preserving the building as an architectural masterpiece, noting that the renovation also integrated more pieces from the collection, including a newly highlighted numismatics display.
A quote from the founder about the love he felt for his collection and his taste reflected in the pieces personally chosen to be displayed in his Paris home are details that make the museum, inaugurated in 1969, a unique space. After being closed for a year and a half for renovations, it reopens its doors with a new director, pieces that have not been seen for a long time, and a desire to restore the space to its original style.
The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art opens the exhibition “Beautifully Imperfect” on Thursday, focusing on the work of the American painter and themes such as identity, intimacy, and social struggle.
The reopening of the Gulbenkian Museum on Saturday, with free entry until the 26th, and a concert by the Choir and Orchestra mark the 70th anniversary of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, the foundation announced. To celebrate the seven decades of existence, which are completed on Saturday, the 18th, the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum...
The museum closed in 2009 following the insolvency of the owning company.
The simple request from José Maçãs de Carvalho: to use the Caramulo Museum as inspiration for original creations. From this challenge, portraits of the space's workers, seen from behind, were born, created by Daniela Krtsch.
The Albergaria-a-Velha City Council will temporarily loan the collection of the future Water Resources Museum to the municipality of Seia. The loan will last for six months.
One of the Algarve’s most important industrial heritage sites welcomed visitors for the first time in 16 years on Saturday evening, July 4, as the restored Cork Museum at Silves’ The post Silves Cork Museum opens doors for first preview in 16 years appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Fabrizio Matos learned to drive in an Alfa Romeo in Italy. A memory that, combined with the roads of Caramulo and the Museum's collection, inspired the charcoal creations on display until August 8th.
Thousands of animals, fossils, and other objects donated to the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto over several years will be on display until September 20th.
A petition with over 3,000 signatures and unanimous approval in the Azorean parliament. Angra do Heroísmo is identified as the ideal location for the future national museum.
The opening of an exhibition at the Tagus Valley Rock Art Interpretation Centre, in Vila Velha de Ródão, marks the start of the artist's centenary celebrations this Saturday.
The Cork Museum at the historic Fábrica do Inglês in Silves will reopen to the public on Saturday, July 11, with a special event marking the return of one of The post Historic Cork Museum returns to Silves with opening-night celebration appeared first on Portugal Resident.
