Santa Maria Museum
Location:
Rua do Museu Santo Espírito
9580-238 Vila do Porto
Phone: (351) 296 884 844
Fax: (351) 296 884 916
e-mail: museu.smaria.info@azores.gov.pt
site: http://museus.azores.gov.pt
Opening hours:
Tuesdays to Fridays 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Closed to the public on Mondays, weekends and bank holidays.
Entry:
Normal ticket: 1.00 Euro
Discount tickets: 50% discount for holders of a Cartão Jovem, people aged between 15 and 25, retired people, pensioners, people aged over 65 and teachers of any level of education.
Free entry: International Museum Day (18th of May), children up to 14, holders of Cartão Interjovem, members of APOM/ICOM, researchers, journalists and tourism professionals (on providing proof of their position), teachers and students (as part of programmed study visits) protectors of the arts and sciences and members of Associations of the Friends of the respective museums, employees of the Regional Board of Culture and dependent services.
Curator:
Presidency of the Azores Regional Government
Regional Board of Culture
Santa Maria Museum’s origins go back to the collection made by the parish priest of the parish of Santo Espirito, Father José Maria Amaral, who, in 1972, founded the Parochial and Ethnographic Museum of Santo Espirito. Later on after the Regional Government acquired a building the Museum became known as the Ethnographic House. Later still this name was changed to island museum. At the beginning of the 1990s work began on studying the collections and adapting the building to new museological needs; work which ended on the 31st of August, when the Santa Maria Museum was inaugurated.
The museum’s main collection consists of ethnographical assets, focusing principally on locally produced ceramic pieces used in kitchens and shops and in farming activities. Also making up part of this collection are ceramics produced on the neighbouring islands of São Miguel (Lagoa) and Terceira as well as pieces originating from the Portuguese mainland and other European countries. The collection is mostly made up of pieces dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Services:
Educational Service
Activities, Guided visits for school children;
Cinema in museum;
Project “Com mãos de ver”;
Contact: joao.mt.santos@azores.gov.pt
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available space:
Temporary exhibition room – capacity 30 people
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Kettle
Clay, thrown on a potter’s wheel and fired.
Boião (Torresmeira)
Clay, thrown on a potter’s wheel and fired.
Talhão
Clay, thrown on a potter’s wheel and fired.
