The 8th Meeting of the Baixo Alentejo Museum Network took place on 12 October in Moura, under the theme ‘Risk Management in Museums: Between Safeguarding, Management and Planning’. Ler mais 8th Meeting of the Baixo Alentejo Museum Network
Issue 5 of the journal Revista de Museus, published in April 2026, marks 50 years of freedom and democracy in museums. Ler mais Cláudio Torres: You Don’t Debate Museology, You Practise It!
The meeting of the Baixo Alentejo Museum Network took place on 14 September at the Heritage Centre in Mértola. Ler mais Meeting of the Baixo Alentejo Museum Network
One of the objectives of the Mértola Cláudio Torres Museum is to promote its collection, not only at the Mértola Museum sites, but also through temporary and travelling exhibitions organised by a wide range of partner institutions in Portugal and abroad. Ler mais Bowl decorated using the cuerda seca technique from the Mértola Museum on display at the National Museum of Ancient Art
Archaeological work relating to the 6th archaeological excavation campaign in the area known as Cerca das Alcarias, in the village of Mesquita (Espírito Santo). Ler mais IACAM Project – 2026 Work Campaign
Issue 7 of Blue Travel magazine devotes 14 pages to Mértola under the title ‘A day in the Museum Town’ (um dia na Vila Museu), opening with the idea that ‘some destinations are visited, while others are explored as though they were the living pages of a book.’ Ler mais Mértola (Alentejo) – A day in the Museum Town
Issue 14 (2026) of V-Life, the official magazine of Vila Vita Parc, devotes several pages to the collection of Roman-period sculptures discovered in Mértola in 2018. Ler mais Mértola’s Roman Sculptures in V-Life Magazine
Under the terms of the Protocol between the Mértola Municipality and the University of Seville, and in collaboration with ERA Arqueologia, the summer archaeological excavation campaign at the Largo da Feira Necropolis in Mértola began on 13 July. Ler mais Archaeological excavations at the Largo da Feira Necropolis – 2026 volunteer campaign
As part of the exhibition “O Sorriso do Acanto” (“The Smile of the Acanthus”)”, on display at the Basílica Paleocristã of the Museu de Mértola Cláudio Torres from 27 January to 28 June 2026, the talk “Um Acanto, um Cântaro e um Cantor – Ecos do Mediterrâneo Antigo Revolvido” (“An Acanthus, a Kantharos and a Singer – Echoes of the Revisited Ancient Mediterranean”)” took place on 26 June. The event was led by the exhibition’s creator, Sara Domingos, and featured Luís Mendonça de Carvalho, Susana Gómez Martinez and Virgílio Lopes.
Ler mais An Acanthus, a Kantharos and a Singer – Echoes of the Revisited Ancient Mediterranean
In the artist’s words, ‘O Sorriso do Acanto (The Acanthus Smile) combines artistic practice and research, using creation as a tool for reflection on heritage, identity, diversity and intercultural dialogue. Ler mais The ‘Sorriso do Acanto’ exhibition by Sara Domingos