Issue of the ‘Euromed – Ancient Mediterranean Villages’ stamps As part of the issue of the ‘Euromed – Ancient Mediterranean Villages’ stamps by CTT – Correios de Portugal, S.A., a ceramic bowl of the collection of the Mértola Museum – Islamic Art was released. This is a bowl with epigraphic decoration executed in the total… Ler mais Issue of the ‘Euromed – Ancient Mediterranean Villages’ stamps
The ICOM Portugal Autumn Meetings will be held in Mértola on the 18th and 19th of November 2022. It is a joint organization of ICOM Portugal and the Municipality of Mértola, through the Mértola Museum, in collaboration with the Mértola Archaeological Field, this year with the theme “Museum Professionals: profiles, training and careers”. Registration is… Ler mais ICOM Portugal Autumn Meetings
At the Chamber Meeting of September 7, 2022, the update of the Internal Regulations of the Museum of Mértola was unanimously approved, where the most relevant change is related to its new name – Museum of Mértola – Cláudio Torres. This is a well-deserved tribute and recognition for over 40 years of work in favor of the preservation and enhancement of the heritage of the municipality of Mértola, which has a strong expression in the 14 centers of the Museum of Mértola. Ler mais Cláudio Torres – Mértola Museum
Another excavation campaign has ended in the village of Mesquita in the área of Ermida de N.Sra das Neves, as part of the Projet Archaeological Intervention in Cerca de Alcarias na Aldeia de Mesquita, which has the scientific coordination of Maria de Fátima Palma (Campo Arqueológico de Mértola/University of Granada) e Bilal Sarr (University of Granada). Ler mais Archaeological intervention in Mesquita (Espírito Santo/Mértola)
ICOM Autumn Meetings 2022, 18 and 19th november 2022, in Mértola. Organized by ICOM Portugal and Câmara Municipal de Mértola/Museu de Mértola. More informations soon.
From the 4 th of July to the 21 st of august we received in the Museu de Mértola, the internship of Floriane Paquay, student in the Master in Museology of the University of Liége (Belgium). Ler mais Memories of an internship in Mértola
El diálogo y la experimentación entre artistas y prácticas es el motor del proyecto Constelaciones de Futurama, sesiones que abordan temas como la oralidad, la fisicalidad y la visualidad, en relación con el Alentejo. Ler mais Constelación de Futurama: Joana Vasconcelos en conversación con las tejedoras Helena Rosa y Fátima Mestre
During the month of July 2022, another campaign of archaeological excavations takes place in the Encosta do Castelo de Mértola, which has the presence of local volunteers and university students, from origins as diverse as Portugal, Ethiopia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka. Ler mais Volunteering campaign on the slopes of the Castle of Mértola
Researcher Giusy Pappalardo, from the University of Catania (Italy), was in Portugal to carry out a Sociomuseological Residency at the Museology Department of the Universidade Lusófona. Between the 11th and 19th of July, she was in Mértola where she visited the centers of the Mértola Museum and contacted various stakeholders in the Mértola Vila Museum… Ler mais Between Mértola and the Alentejo communities to learn more about the social function of museums
The first Textile Residence with the Cooperativa de Tecelagem de Mértola took place in 2022 as part of the Creative Wear + Project, co-financed by INTERREG MED, having as partners the Passa ao Futuro Association, the Arteria Lab of the University of Évora and the Museo del Tessuto di Plate (Italy). Ler mais Textile Residence with Mértola Weaving Workshop – Museo del Tessuto di Prato
