Museu de Angra do Heroísmo

Museum based in the former São Francisco convent, open since 1949. It is a history museum, with a permanent exhibition organized in four parts: "Knowledge of the Azores Islands", "Angra, the Azores and the World", "From the General Captaincy to Liberalism" and "From the 2nd half of the 1800s to the present". Also noteworthy are Azorean paintings on wood from the 16th-17th centuries and an Artillery Battery that Portugal used in the 1st World War.

Contacts


Ladeira de São Francisco
9700-181,Angra do Heroísmo

    Characteristics


  • 2.00€
  • 600
  • Easy external parking
  • Museums
  • Documentation center, Auditorium, Library, Outdoor areas, Shop, Historical archive, Educational services, Guided tours, Bar/snack-bar, Temporary exhibitions, accessibility

    opening hours


    Summer

  • tuesday: 10:00-17:30
  • wednesday: 10:00-17:30
  • thursday: 10:00-17:30
  • friday: 10:00-17:30
  • saturday: 10:00-17:30
  • sunday: 10:00-17:30


  • Winter

  • tuesday: 09:30-17:00
  • wednesday: 09:30-17:00
  • thursday: 09:30-17:00
  • friday: 09:30-17:00
  • saturday: 09:30-17:00
  • sunday: 09:30-17:00

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