The contract work for the renewal of the Boqueirão Factory on Flores Island was awarded to the company Somague Ediçor Engenharia S.A.

The work, with a budget of 945 thousand Euros and with a period of performance of 210 days, will enable the renewal of the old Boqueirão whale factory and its adaptation to become a Museum.

This awarding will make possible the recreation of a representative space about the importance of whaling in the Archipelago and particularly on Flores.

The adaptation of the factory to a museum will enable the public to have a direct contact with the activity which was once developed in that place, mainly the cutting of sperm whales, as well as the processing of the various products extracted from them, for their subsequent use in several craft and industrial sectors.

The renewal of the building’s architecture and of the various installed equipments, the implementation of several services and the creation of all the necessary infrastructures for the proper functioning of the complex, particularly the creation of the amenities to provide comfort and safety, are included in this work.

In addition, the renewal of the Boqueirão Factory and its adaptation to Museum are, alongside with the Flores Hotel, already at a conclusion stage, some of the works that are integrated in the strategy to promote, qualify and boost the tourist and economic activity of the smaller Islands, a strategy which has been implemented by the Government of the Azores.