Information: "Namora-se" at Angra do Heroísmo Museum
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Angra do Heroísmo Museum and its Educational Services, promotes a programme of activities designed to promote positive love relationships in the context of the celebrations of Saint Valentine's Day between February 11 and 15. Developed in a partnership with the Centre for Prevention Initiatives and Combat to Domestic Violence (NIPCVD ), the i... more >>

Information: European Digital Library provides contents of "Azores Culture" portal
Europeana (European Digital Library) will make available to the public 112 works of the Digital Library and 4,350 parish records of the Azores Culture portal (http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt), an initiative developed by the Regional Directorate for Culture/Azores Knowledge Centre. The partnership between the Regional Secretariat for Education, Science and Culture and Europeana is based on ... more >>

Information: Portuguese Association of Museology awarded two prizes to the Azores
The project "Virtual Tours to Azorean Museums" and the Angra do Heroísmo Museum have been distinguished at the award ceremony for the Portuguese Association of Museology (APOM) Prizes 2013, held last Friday in Lisbon. The Tourist Information Prize was awarded to the project "Virtual Tours to Azorean Museums," an initiative managed by the Regional Directorate for Culture. With this project, t... more >>

Information: Carlos Machado Museum celebrates International Migrants Day
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Carlos Machado Museum, joins the celebration of the International Migrants Day with a conference on emigration and immigration in the archipelago of the Azores, an initiative organised in partnership with the Regional Directorate for Communities. The event will take place at the old "Recolhimento" of Santa Bárbara (small convent) in Ponta De... more >>

Information: Azores celebrate anniversary of UNESCO and International Day for Tolerance
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through various initiatives developed by its external services, will join the celebrations of the anniversary of UNESCO and the International Day for Tolerance, which will take on Saturday, November 16. The Declaration of Principles on Tolerance, established by UNESCO in 1995, on the date of its 50th anniversary, defines this concept as "not only as a mor... more >>

Information: "Creative Weaving" at Carlos Machado Museum
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Carlos Machado Museum, promotes a workshop on "Creative Weaving" at the Sacred Art Centre (Colégio Church) in Ponta Delgada on Saturday. The activity is part of the initiative "Tradições com Horizonte" (Traditions with a Horizon), a project developed in a partnership between the Carlos Machado Museum, the Regional Centre for Handic... more >>

Information: Regional Directorate for Culture pays tribute to the workers of the Whaling Factory "Armações Baleeiras Reunidas"
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Pico Museum, promotes a session to pay tribute to the workers of the Whaling Factory "Armações Baleeiras Reunidas, Lda." The initiative will take at the Whaling Industry Museum in São Roque do Pico at 8:30 PM and will be attended by the Regional Director for Culture. The session includes a lecture on the whaling industry in the mu... more >>

Information: Angra do Heroísmo Library presents exhibition "Natália Correia: O Poeta como Cidadão"
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Angra do Heroísmo Public library and Regional Archive, opens the exhibition “Natália Correia: O Poeta como Cidadão” (Natália Correia: The Poet as Citizen) on Monday. This event is part of the regional celebrations of Natália Correia's birth anniversary (90 years) and her death anniversary (20 years). This itin... more >>

Information: Carlos Machado Museum presents "When Culture meets Nature"
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Carlos Machado Museum, presents today the project titled "When Culture meets Nature" at the Santa Bárbara Sacred Art Centre at 5:30 PM. Under this initiative, the Carlos Machado Museum joins Terra Azul - Azores Whale Watching and the Association of Amateur Photographers of the Azores in the organisation of an event scheduled for Sunday. Parti... more >>

Information: Expert Commission to submit report on archaeological findings on Terceira to the Regional Government
The Expert Commission established by the Government of the Azores to study the archaeological findings located on Terceira Island should draft, by the end of the week, a report that will enable the Government to take decisions on this matter. The Regional Director for Culture, Nuno Lopes, stated that the commission began its work today in Angra do Heroísmo in accordance with "the work meth... more >>