Information: Regional Director for Culture participates in the annual meeting of the Whaling Heritage Advisory Commission
The Regional Director for Culture, Dr. Jorge Bruno, will attend the annual meeting of the Whaling Heritage Advisory Commission which will take place at the Auditorium of the Whaling Museum in Lajes do Pico on February 23 at 8 PM. The Whaling Heritage Executive Commission, which is made up by the Director of the Pico Museum, the Head of the Administrative Division of the Regional Directorate for C... more >>

Information: Government pays tribute to Maria Luísa Costa Gomes on the centenary of her birth
The Presidency of the Regional Government of the Azores will celebrate the centenary of the birth of Maria Luísa Costa Gomes next Sunday, February 6, in Ponta Delgada at 4 PM. The initiative, organised by the Regional Directorate of Culture and integrated in the activities developed by the Carlos Machado Museum, includes the exhibition of interview granted by Maria Luísa Costa Gomes to... more >>

Information: “Concert by Laureates of Young Musicians Prize 2010” on RTP-2
The “Concert by Laureates of the Young Musicians Prize 2010,” which integrated this year’s Music Season, promoted by the Regional Government of the Azores through the Regional Directorate of Culture, will be broadcast on RTP-2 on January 2, 2011 at 3:30 PM (Azores local time).Accompanied by the Gulbenkian Orchestra, under the artistic direction of maestro Osvaldo Ferreira, the la... more >>

Information: Government supports restoration works on São Miguel and Terceira
The Government of the Azores will subsidise several restoration interventions in paintings, sculptures and altarpieces in churches on the islands of São Miguel and Terceira in the amount of 90,000 Euros. This governmental support corresponds to 50% of the restoration costs, being integrated in the contract-programmes published in the Official Journal on Thursday which were signed between the ... more >>

Information: Permanent exhibition of the Angra do Heroísmo Museum to reopen with new setting
The permanent exhibition of the Angra do Heroísmo Museum will reopen to the public during the first half of 2011 with a new setting and a new museological message. The announcement was made by the Regional Director of Culture on Tuesday during a visit to the construction site of the exhibition that he preferred to designate “long term” rather than “permanent” as museol... more >>