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The exhibition 'Animals of Lisbon – Another History of the City' can be seen at the Museum of Lisbon – Palácio Pimenta until 4 June 2027. It is a journey through Lisbon's territory featuring rhinoceroses and stray dogs.
The upcoming 180th anniversary of the birth of António Soares dos Reis, a leading figure in 19th-century Portuguese sculpture, serves as an opportunity to reflect on the preservation and study of national artistic heritage. While works like 'O Desterrado' demonstrate his technical mastery and emotional depth, the commemorative programme planned for 2027-2028 by the Soares dos Reis National Museum and other institutions must go beyond celebration to foster new research and public engagement. Ultimately, honouring such an artist requires active institutional commitment to ensure his legacy is understood by future generations.
Three years ago, an old cooperative winery (on Dr. António Oliveira Salazar St.!) was converted into a space honouring Douro women and other global icons, featuring objects, photographs, and documentaries.
Inaugurated at the Salazar Canteen School in Santa Comba Dão, the space is under the scientific coordination of Ephemera. The Secretary of State says that 'studying the dictatorship is a responsibility of democracy'.
After two decades of progress and setbacks, the Interpretive Centre of the Estado Novo - Regime and Resistance has opened its doors at the Escola Cantina Salazar, with scientific coordination from the Ephemera Association, founded by Pacheco Pereira.
In Santa Comba Dão, Viseu, the Estado Novo Interpretative Centre - Regime and Resistance opens to the public this Friday. A project surrounded by controversy that will bring to life the Salazar School Canteen, which was a model school during the Estado Novo, under the scientific coordination of the Ephemera Association, founded by Pacheco Pereira.
The Estado Novo Interpretive Centre opens this Friday in Santa Comba Dão. It occupies a former primary school in the town where the Portuguese dictator was born and is dedicated to the study of the regime and the resistance.
It was necessary for “political will to override the noise” surrounding the project and the fear that a museum dedicated to the dictator was being prepared. The objective is to reflect on the Estado Novo.
More than two decades after the idea of a space dedicated to the Estado Novo divided Santa Comba Dão, the Estado Novo Interpretive Centre – Regime and Resistance opens this Friday in Vimieiro. The village awaits visitors, critics fear pilgrimages, and the municipality promises History.
More than six decades after its creation, the Caramulo Museum continues to reinvent itself. Salvador Patrício Gouveia speaks about the family legacy, the challenges of the present, and the vision for the museum's future.
More than six decades after its creation, the Caramulo Museum continues to reinvent itself. Salvador Patrício Gouveia speaks about the family legacy, the challenges of the present, and the vision for the museum's future.
A new museum housing the result of around 50 years of private collecting has opened in Moncarapacho, Olhão, adding what local officials hope will become another cultural attraction for the The post New Algarve museum opens with 50 years of collecting on display appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Vasco Lourenço, president of the 25 de Abril Association, says the building could be extended in height and advocates for a focus on digital structures rather than permanent physical exhibitions.
For over a century, it was the romantic home of the Charters d'Azevedo family. Since 2025, it has been municipal heritage, an arts centre currently hosting works by Paula Rego, Jorge Queiroz, and Sue Williams.
Works are expected to begin by the end of the first half of 2028 and last about a year. The Odivelas City Council would like to exhibit the sword and mantle of King Dinis there, but the future of the collection is yet to be decided.
What strikes me about Lisbon is the feeling of belonging and familiarity, as if I had walked its streets, climbed its hills and gazed at the river in another life. A person who captured this similarity is the Turkish art master Devrim Erbil, whose painting 'Twin Souls' adorns the walls of the Palácio Pimenta, at the Museum of Lisbon. In the painting, 89-year-old Erbil, one of Turkey's leading contemporary artists, portrays the two cities side by side, dividing his canvas vertically based on the distinctive colours of the two countries' flags: green and red. Though Lisbon sits on Europe's western edge and Istanbul on the continent's eastern extremity, both cities share a similar topography, history and culture, having both been classified by Romans as 'cities of seven hills', featuring river-like straits or rivers, and histories defined by imperial eras and devastating 18th-century earthquakes.
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“Soares dos Reis 180” is the title of the programme that the Porto museum, the Porto and Gaia city councils, and the University of Porto will promote in 2027-28 to celebrate the creator of O Desterrado and Flor Agreste.
The first major exhibition of the historic artist in Portugal opens at Serralves. We spoke with Lee Ufan at his home-studio in Kamakura and visited the museum that bears his name on the island of Naoshima.
The MACAM - Armando Martins Museum of Contemporary Art, in Lisbon, begins a workshop dedicated to traditional embroidery this weekend. Over the course of five practical sessions and three public conversations, the initiative aims to promote this artistic expression and reflect on its role in social relationships.
The National Museum of Ancient Art (MNAA) in Lisbon will partially reopen on November 21 with activities for the public and free admission, following renovation works funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). The reopening weekend, starting at 3:00 PM on Saturday, will feature a program of activities including...
“Until I am released: Love letters and resistance” is the name of the exhibition currently taking place at the Almada Museum. It is a display that honours 494 citizens of Almada who fought against the Salazar regime.
The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports announced this Thursday in Parliament the reopening of the MNAA in Lisbon, which has been closed since September 2025 for renovation works funded by the RRP.
The Portimão Museum is organising two special open days at Gruta da Companheira, an important archaeological site where evidence of Neanderthal occupation dating back more than 45,000 years has been The post Book now to discover Portimão’s Neanderthal past appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Joana Vasconcelos' history with the MAAT began before the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology opened, when the artist, a young graduate from ARCO, was the first winner of the EDP New Artists award and asked to hold an exhibition. They gave her an abandoned carpentry workshop, little more than a shed, where Joana Vasconcelos showed that...
The Estado Novo Interpretative Centre - Regime and Resistance will open its doors on the 23rd at the Salazar Canteen School in Vimieiro, in the municipality of Santa Comba Dão, ending a long process of progress and setbacks.
A dialogue between art and haute couture, reflecting on the legacy of Valentino Garavani through the eyes of Joana Vasconcelos, is among the exhibitions celebrating the museum's 10th anniversary in Lisbon.
The municipality signs a protocol with Iscte to establish the future museum, which will not only be municipal but will also have a national scope.
Housed for the past 3 years in the Casa dos Arcos, this centre includes sections dedicated to wine culture, a wine cellar, a kitchen, and workshops for carpentry, tailoring, and photography.
