Information: Flores Museum hosts exhibition "Natália Correia - The Witch Lark"
The Regional Directorate for Culture (DRC), through the Flores Museum, promotes the presentation of the exhibition "Natália - The Witch Lark" next Friday, January 16, at 5 PM. The session will be guided by the curator of the exhibition, Sílvia Massa, coordinator of the art collection of Carlos Machado Museum, who will present to Flores islanders an interesting approach to the life and w... more >>

Information: Carlos Machado Museum launches catalogue on "Traditions with a Horizon"
The Regional Director for Culture, through the Carlos Machado Museum and in partnership with the Regional Centre for Handicrafts and CRESAÇOR, will launch the catalogue on "Traditions with a Horizon" at the Sacred Art Centre in Ponta Delgada on Tuesday, January 13, at 3 PM. "Tradition with a Horizon" aims to raise the awareness of people for the role of Carlos Machado Museum as a place that ... more >>

Information: Angra do Heroísmo Museum distinguished by the Portuguese Association of Museums
For the second consecutive year, the Angra do Heroísmo Museum was distinguished by the Portuguese Association of Museums (APOM) among two hundred candidates for the prizes awarded by this institution to promote the best that is done in Portugal in the area of museology. After receiving the Prize for Best Educational Services in 2013, the Angra do Heroísmo Museum received this year an H... more >>

Information: Pico Museum opens "CoMTradição - Azores Handicrafts Award" exhibition
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Pico Museum, will open the exhibition titled "CoMTradição, Azores Handicrafts Award" at the Whaling Industry Museum in São Roque do Pico next Friday at 8:30 PM. Promoted by the Regional Centre for Handicrafts, the exhibition aims to honour the Pico artisans Conceição and Alzira Neves with the awarding the "CoMTradiç&#... more >>

Information: First volume of Angra do Heroísmo Building Heritage Inventory to be presented next Saturday
Next Saturday, December 6, the first volume of the Angra do Heroísmo Building Heritage Inventory will be presented at the main room of Palacete Silveira e Paulo at 6 PM. This work, published in book format, is a joint publication of the Regional Secretary for Education and Culture and the Azores Institute of Culture. The presentation session of the book also features a conference on the them... more >>

Information: Jury decides not to award "Paulo Gouveia" Architecture Prize
The "Paulo Gouveia" Architecture Prize, created earlier this year by the Government, was not awarded in its first edition by decision of jury, announced the Regional Director for Culture today. The decision not to distinguish any of the projects in competition was due to the fact that the jury considered that none of the projects met the stipulated criteria. The members of the jury for this aw... more >>

Information: Government promotes Anthropology, Film and Art Festival in Ponta Delgada
The Government of the Azores, through the Regional Secretary for Education and Culture, promotes the organisation of the Anthropology, Film and Art Festival (FACA) - Azores in Ponta Delgada on October 15-19. This initiative is promoted by the Centre for Visual Anthropology and Art of the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA). It aims to bring two different spheres closer: cinema, with the e... more >>

Information: European Heritage Days 2014 marked with several initiatives in the Azores
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through its External Services, has joined the celebrations of the European Heritage Days 2014, held under the theme "Heritage, always a discovery." According to the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage, national coordinator of the event, this year's theme was chosen with the aim of raising awareness for permanent novelty brought by cultural heritage, alwa... more >>

Information: Angra do Heroísmo Museum promotes exhibition on fish species
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Angra do Heroísmo Museum (MAH), will organise next weekend, July 26-27, an event under the programme to disseminate the underwater photography exhibition by Nuno Sá; the latter will be open to the public until October at the churchyard of Nossa Senhora da Guia Church and at the Chapter Room. The second edition of the activity dedicated t... more >>

Information: Azores take part in the creation of the World Heritage Network in Portugal
The Azores, through the Historic Centre of Angra do Heroísmo and the Landscape of Pico Island Vineyard Culture, will participate in the creation of the World Heritage Network to take place in Coimbra next Friday, July 2018. A representative of the Regional Directorate for Culture, whose Director is the manager of the Classified Zone Angra do Heroísmo at UNESCO, will attend the session h... more >>