Informação: Holy Spirit Festivities shown in photography exhibition at Angra do Heroísmo Museum
In the context of the opening session of the 5th International Conference on Holy Spirit Festivities to take place at the auditorium of Angra do Heroísmo Museum at 7:30 PM, this institution opens an exhibition titled "Festas do Espírito Santo: A contemporaneidade da herança açoriana" (Holy Spirit Festivities: The contemporary legacy of the Azores) at the vestry hall of Nossa Se... Mais >>

Informação: "Fez-se Luz" exhibition by Catarina Branco at Carlos Machado Museum
The Carlos Machado Museum organises the opening of the exhibition titled "Fez-se Luz" (There was light) by São Miguel plastic artist, Catarina Branco, at the Carlos Machado Museum next Friday, February 10, at 6:30 PM. This temporary exhibition, which will be open to the public until March 31, will be displayed at the Museum centres. The Sacred Art Centre will display the works "Arcanjo" (20... Mais >>

Informação: Music Season celebrates bicentennial of Franz Liszt's birth
A piano recital by Joana Alexandre Gama featuring commentaries by Alexandre Delgado will be held at the Horta Public Library and Regional Archives, Faial, next Friday at 9:30 PM. The initiative, organised under the 2011 Music Season and promoted by the Presidency of the Government, through the Regional Directorate for Culture, will mark the bicentenary of the birth of famous Hungarian composer a... Mais >>

Informação: Anselmo Borges at the fourth conference of the cycle "Autumn Conversations"
The fourth conference under the cycle "Autumn Conversations," promoted by the Angra do Heroísmo Public Library and Regional Archive, titled as "Crises and Opportunities" will be lectured by Professor Anselmo Borges, professor at the Faculty of the University of Coimbra, and will be held at the "Sala de Reservados" of the Bettencourt Palace on November 4 at 6 PM. Anselmo Borges teaches Philo... Mais >>

Informação: Fernando Catroga kicks off Autumn Talks at BPARAH
Professor Fernando Catroga presents a paper titled “A História: para que serve em tempo de crise?” (“History: Why Do We Need It in a Time of Crisis?”) on October 7 at 6:00 PM. The event will take place at the Sala de Reservados of the Angra do Heroísmo Public Library and Regional Archive (BPARAH).This will be the first conference of the Conversas de Outono (Autumn... Mais >>

Informação: Whaling exhibition on Faial until September 30
A Whaling Exhibition organised by the New Bedford Whaling Museum, USA, will be open to the public at the Multipurpose Room of the João José da Graça Public Library and Regional Archive in the city of Horta until September 30. It may be visited from Monday to Friday, from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM. This initiative is the result of a cooperation establishe... Mais >>

Informação: Stamps evoke whale hunting in the Azores
CTT – Correios de Portugal (Postal Services of Portugal) pay tribute the Azorean whaling art and industry with the launching of a philatelic issue titled “Actividade Baleeira nos Açores” (Whaling in the Azores) to be held at the Whaling Museum in Lajes do Pico on August 24 at 9:30 PM. The stamps, with face values of 0.32 Euros, 0.68 Euros, 0.80 Euros and 2 Euros, repre... Mais >>

Informação: Angra do Heroísmo Public Library and Regional Archives receives the estate of Manuel de Sousa Meneses
The Angra do Heroísmo Public Library and Regional Archives has recently received the estate of Lieutenant Colonel Manuel de Sousa Meneses, doctor, military, politician and man of letters, who held various public positions in the context of the administration of the former district of Angra do Heroísmo. The estate consists of an interesting and valuable collection of handwritten documen... Mais >>

Informação: “Faces da Moeda” in exhibition at the Angra do Heroísmo Museum
The Angra do Heroísmo Museum promotes this Saturday, July 23, at 5 PM, the launching of the catalogue of an exhibition titled “Faces da Moeda” (Sides of a Coin), which has been open to the public at the Chapter Room since June 16 until and it may be visited until October 16. This event also features a commented visit to the aforementioned exhibition, organised by the numismatist... Mais >>

Informação: Whaling exhibition of the New Bedford Whaling Museum at the Ponta Delgada Public Library and Regional Archives
Under the protocol established between the Presidency of the Regional Government of the Azores/Regional Directorate for Culture and the New Bedford Whaling Museum, a photography and documentary exhibition on American and Azorean whaling activities will open to the public at the Ponta Delgada Public Library and Regional Archives next Monday, July 11. Organised by the New Bedford museum, this exhi... Mais >>