Museu “Vilar Formoso – Fronteira da Paz”

Inaugurado em 2017, junto à estação ferroviária de Vilar Formoso, este pólo museológico pretende evocar o papel importantíssimo que Portugal assumiu no acolhimento aos refugiados durante a Segunda Grande Guerra. O museu pretende ser simultaneamente um memorial aos refugiados e a Aristides de Sousa Mendes, cônsul português em Bordéus, que, em 1940 e contrariando ordens superiores, emitiu milhares de vistos que permitiram cruzar a fronteira de Vilar Formoso a muitos que fugiam do nazismo. O museu distribui-se por dois antigos armazéns e apresenta seis núcleos distintos, em que o visitante se sentirá na pele de um refugiado até conseguir alcançar a liberdade.

Contacts


Largo da Estação
6355,Vilar Formoso

    Characteristics


  • 3.00€
  • Easy external parking

    opening hours


  • tuesday: 09:00-12:30, 14:00-17:30
  • wednesday: 09:00-12:30, 14:00-17:30
  • thursday: 09:00-12:30, 14:00-17:30
  • friday: 09:00-12:30, 14:00-17:30
  • saturday: 10:00-12:30, 14:00-17:30
  • sunday: 10:00-12:30, 14:00-17:30
  • holiday: 10:00-12:30, 14:00-17:30

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