Information: Museum Centre of Santa Bárbara Church opens next Friday
The Presidency of the Regional Government of the Azores / Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Carlos Machado Museum, promotes the opening of the museum centre of Santa Bárbara church which, after the conservation and restoration works, will open to the public next Friday on July 8 at 9 PM. The 17th century building, which currently belongs to the Carlos Machado Museum, is composed ... more >>

Information: Book launch “Representações de África e dos Africanos na História e na Cultura – Séculos XV a XXI” at the Carlos Machado Museum
The book titled “Representações de África e dos Africanos na História e na Cultura – Séculos XV a XXI” (Representations of Africa and Africans in History and Culture – 15th to 21st Centuries) will be presented at the Sacred Art Centre of the Carlos Machado Museum next Monday on July 4 at 6:30 PM. This work consists of a collection of texts present... more >>

Information: “Portugal Europeu – Meio Século de História” exhibition opens in Horta
The exhibition “Portugal Europeu – Meio Século de História” (European Portugal – Half Century of History) exhibition starts on Faial a journey in the Autonomous Region of the Azores where it will be open to the public on each island between June and September. This exhibition, an initiative of the Cabinet of the European Parliament in Portugal in partnership with... more >>

Information: “Terramoto 1.1.80 – novas imagens” exhibition at the Francisco de Lacerda Museum
The exhibition titled as “Terramoto 1.1.80 – novas imagens” (Earthquake 01-01-80 – new images) will open at the Espaço + Gallery in Velas, São Jorge, between June 21 and July 31. This is an initiative promoted by the Francisco de Lacerda Museum with the purpose of disseminating among São Jorge islander an important work of collection and selection of photog... more >>

Information: Regional Government with new Culture website
The Regional Director Culture, Jorge Bruno, presented in Ponta Delgada on Monday afternoon the website “Cultura Açores” (Azores Culture), the new designation of Azores Knowledge Centre on the Internet. The new site, which intends to identify everything related to Culture, concerning the action of the Regional Government, has been redesigned and now features a more appealing grap... more >>

Information: Region celebrates International Day of Museums with a wide range of activities
The International Day of Museums will be celebrated in the Azores under theme “Museu e Memória: os objectos contam a vossa História” (Museum and Memory: the objects tell your Story) next Wednesday on May 18. Several peripheral services of the Regional Director for Culture will organise activities intended to encourage visitors to rediscover, through the pieces that make up ... more >>

Information: Regional Government launches Cultural Route on Antero de Quental
The Regional Director for Culture stated in Ponta Delgada on Friday that the Azores are a privileged region for being the birthplace of name that made this these islands an archipelago of poets, writers, painter and artists in several cultural areas. At the public presentation of the Cultural Route – Antero de Quental, carried out at the press room of the Conceição Palace by Luiz... more >>

Information: Whaling exhibition organised by New Bedford Whaling Museum open to the public at Pico Museum
Under the cooperation established between the Presidency of the Regional Government/Regional Directorate for Culture and the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Massachusetts, a photography and documentary exhibition on American and Portuguese whaling will be open to the public at the Lajes do Pico Whaling Museum on May 14, Saturday, at 2 PM. The event was organised by the New Bedford Whaling Museum, an... more >>

Information: Restoration of wood carving works of the Santa Bárbara Church almost concluded
The Regional Director for Culture confirmed in Ponta Delgada on Wednesday morning that the restoration works of the wood carving works of the Santa Bárbara Church, annexed to the Santa Bárbara Centre at the Carlos Machado Museum should be completed within two months. This is a church with wood carving works of exceptional value, such as the silver altarpiece, which is unique in the Azo... more >>

Information: Government wants to promote the safeguarding and protection of the Azorean Intangible Heritage
The Regional Director for Culture announced the Government’s goals for the safeguard of the Intangible Heritage of the Autonomous Region of the Azores at the Social Affairs Commission of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores in Ponta Delgada on Friday morning. At the end of the hearing, Jorge Bruno said to have explained the Government’s intentions regarding the protection mechanism... more >>