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Museu de História Natural do Funchal

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Rua da Mouraria, 31 - Palácio de São Pedro
9000-047, Funchal

Funchal

Building dated from the end of the XVIII century, the former residence of the Carvalhal Counts. The seven wicker balconies in forged iron and the portal sided by two iron lanterns are worthy of notice. It worked as a hotel, a college and international club and is now the property of the City Council and headquarters of Regional Archive of Madeira, the Municipal Library, the Museum and the Municipal aquarium of Funchal.

Museu do Arroz

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Herdade da Comporta
7580-610, Alcácer do Sal

Alcácer do Sal

The museological Space works on building of the former rice hulling factory, situated between the floodplain and Marshland. On level 0 in the boiler room, a film produced with former workers linked to rice production and tools are exposed. The other floors are machinery, such as silos, bagging rice depots, daughters-in-law, dials the type of rice. On the top floor there is a room where is displayed photographs and is also a space for artistic dissemination events, such as exhibitions or shows.

Museu Municipal de Loulé - Polo Museológico da Cozinha Tradicional

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Rua Dom Paio Peres Correia, 17 - Alcaidaria do Castelo
8100-564, Loulé

Loulé

A small room (part of the Museum of Archeology) where a traditional kitchen of the Algarve is represented. One goes back in time to remember time honoured rustic objects… From the millstone to the pans, copper drippings, cloths and aprons, jars and glass demijohns, among other utensils. Aside from this voyage to the traditional kitchen, there are also temporary exhibitions such as the traditional nativity scene of the mountains and the "Maias".

Museu Regional do Algarve

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Praça da Liberdade, 2 - Rua do Pé da Cruz, 4
8000-404, Faro

Faro

A museum in the building of the Assembleia Distrital (District Assembly), with a vast and valuable collection of crafts, paintings and objects of the Algarve's etnography.

Museu Nacional Frei Manuel do Cenáculo

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Largo do Conde de Vila Flor
7000-804, Évora

Évora

Inaugurado em 1915, passou por várias vicissitudes até ser instalado em definitivo no antigo Palácio Arquiepiscopal (finais do século XVI e princípios do século XVII). Sofreu uma profunda remodelação em 1940, tendo-se valorizado as secções de Arqueologia, Arquitetura, Escultura, Epigrafia, Heráldica, Ourivesaria, Artes Decorativas e Pintura.

Museu Cargaleiro

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Rua dos Cavaleiros, 23
6000-189, Castelo Branco

Castelo Branco

Located in the historic area of Castelo Branco, this museum dedicated to the work and life of the artist Manuel Cargaleiro includes two buildings that complement each other. One is Solar dos Cavaleiros, an 18th-century palace, and the other is a contemporary building, inaugurated in 2005. Visitors can appreciate a remarkable set of works part of the Manuel Cargaleiro Foundation collection, which includes works ranging from painting to ceramics, including sculpture, tiles and tapestry.

Casa Museu Bissaya-Barreto

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Rua de Infantaria, 23
3000-219, Coimbra

Coimbra

Civil architecture revival residential house with two floors, with a large forked staircase. The building was built between 1923 and 1925, working initially as a residence of Professor Bissaya Barreto. In 1985\/6 has been restored and adapted to House-Museum.

Museu Arte Nova

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Rua Doutor Barbosa Magalhães, 9-11
3800-119, Aveiro

Aveiro

The Art Nouveau Museum of Aveiro, housed in one of the most emblematic buildings among the heritage of this artistic chain, is the interpretive center of the extensive network of Arte Nova motifs throughout the city of Aveiro. More than restoring the ornamental environment of an Art Nouveau dwelling, this museum nucleus treats the New Art as a didactic argument, intending to take the visitor to reflect on the assumptions of the aesthetic revolution that this movement provided, and better understand its reflexes that still today.

MACNA - Museu de Arte Contemporânea Nadir Afonso

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Avenida 5 de Outubro, 10
5400-017, Chaves

Chaves

Opened in 2016, it is located on the right bank of the Tâmega River, next to the São Roque Bridge. It is a cultural space, with several areas, temporary and permanent exhibition halls, auditorium, archive, library and shop. A space with exceptional, modern and unique features, to honor the genius of the flaviense painter Nadir Afonso.

Museu de Alberto Sampaio

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Rua Alfredo Guimarães
4800-407, Guimarães

Guimarães

Created in 1928 to house the artistic collection of the extinct Collegiate Church of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira and other churches and convents in Guimarães, here you can see objects of local origin and ancient sacred art, namely collections of sculptures (architectural, large and tomb). , from the medieval period to the 18th century; a jewelery collection; a collection of paintings from the 16th to 18th centuries; tiles and faience, among others.

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