Information:  João José da Graça Public Library and Regional Archive hosts launch of book "O Ouvido que Escreve" by Victor Rui Dores
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through João José da Graça Public Library and Regional Archive in Horta, promotes, the launch of the book "O Ouvido que Escreve" by Victor Rui Dores next Friday, June 23, at the Library Auditorium at 9 PM. When celebrating 40 years of published works in 2017, Victor Rui Dores gathered the best poems and some unpublished works in this 260-page bo... more >>

Information: Horta Museum promotes Afternoons at the Museum
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Horta Museum, promotes the activity "Afternoons at the Museum" on the afternoon of June 27, 28, 29 and 30, between 2 PM and 4:30 PM. It is addressed at children aged between 6 and 12. After a guided visit to one of the permanent exhibitions of Horta Museum, entitled Cultural Expressions and Objects, which will lead youngsters to pay attention to H... more >>

Information: Museum promotes Dinosaurs exhibition at Angra do Heroísmo Science Centre
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Angra do Heroísmo, promotes the opening of the exhibition "Dinosaurs of the MAH at Angra do Heroísmo Science Centre" on Saturday, June 17, at 3 PM. This exhibition is made up of replicas of fossils from various dinosaur species belonging to Terceira museum that will be the ambassadors of Angra do Heroísmo Museum and will introduce ba... more >>

Information: Regional Directorate for Culture receives "Regional Azorean Music - Collection by Emiliano Toste between 1978 and 2017"
The Regional Directorate for Culture (DRC) received the collection "Azorean Regional Music - Collection by Emiliano Toste," being the result of four decades of four decades of collection, recording, inventorying, cataloguing and editing music from the nine islands of the Azores. The collection was donated to the Region by Emiliano Toste, a native of Praia da Vitória. He graduated in Music Edu... more >>

Information:  Angra do Heroísmo Museum distinguished once again with APOM Prize
The Angra do Heroísmo Museum was honoured this year, as it happened in 2013, 2014 and 2015, with one of APOM national prizes, an initiative of the Portuguese Museum Association. This time, it was awarded in the "Best Visitable Collection" category and distinguishes the newly created Manuel Coelho Baptista de Lima Military History Centre. The Angra do Heroísmo Museum is the only Azorean m... more >>

Information: Horta Museum welcomes hosts "In Memoriam – Manuel de Arriaga, 1840-1917” exhibition
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Horta Museum, hosts an exhibition entitled "In Memoriam - Manuel de Arriaga, 1840- 1917" in the context of the visit of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo e Sousa, to the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It is intended to evoke the centenary of the death of the first President of the Portuguese Republic. The exhibition, which will be ope... more >>

Information: Ponta Delgada Public Library and Regional Archive promotes documentary show "Emigration in the 19th century"
The Ponta Delgada Public Library and Regional Archive opens today opens today a documentary exhibition entitled "Emigration in the 19th century” with the aim of disseminating its archives. The exhibition portrays some aspects about legal and clandestine emigration that occurred in the 19th century from Ponta Delgada, through several manuscript documents and the analysis of some Passport Reg... more >>

Information: Azores participate in the 87th Lisbon Book Fair
The Azores, through the regional secretariats for Education and Culture and Energy, Environment and Tourism, will participate in the 87th Lisbon Book Fair, from today until June 18. The initiative is sponsored by Portuguese Association of Publishers and Bookseller and will take place at Eduardo VII Park. In order to promote works by Azorean authors or that address Azorean themes, the Azores Cultur... more >>

Information: Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library, in Angra do Heroísmo, promotes Genealogy initiation workshop in English
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive, promotes a Genealogy initiation workshop between June 26 and 30, from to 2 to 5 PM. It will conducted in English and is directed to foreign young people and adults. This workshop, limited to 15 participants, will be guided by genealogist João Ventura and aims to provide them with the... more >>

Information: Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Centre to promote over a dozen events in June
Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Centre in Ribeira Grande, under the coordination of the Regional Directorate for Culture, promotes several initiatives in June, namely exhibitions, theatre plays, concerts and the opening of the facilities of the Artistic Residency designated as "Salutem: à tua saúde." On June 3, the cycle of guided summer tours, entitled "From the same hands," starts... more >>