Graciosa Museum
Location:
Rua das Flores, nº 2
9880-364 Santa Cruz da Graciosa
Phone: (351) 295 712 429
Fax: (351) 295 732 427
e-mail: museu.graciosa.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: Municipal holiday, 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
Mill
Interior Graciosa Museum
The Museum
Graciosa Museum was opened in 1983 with a programme based on ethnography. Spaces were set up to illustrate rural houses from Graciosa and the activities which marked the socio-economic activities on the island in the past: the cultivation of wine and cereal. In 1991 the museum expanded its geographical expression and took on a poli-nuclear nature. It was in this context that, during the 1990s, other nuclei were created: the Boathouse for Santa Cruz Whaling Boats, the Maritime Nucleus, the Windmill, the Blacksmith’s Tent and the House of Threshing Machines.
The heritage of the museum’s six nuclei is vast and consists of a diverse range of collections from the 15th century to the present day. The collections are essentially themed ethnographically, with a strong focus on traditional activities of the island connected to agriculture, vineyards, cereal milling, domestic equipment, old offices and whaling. There also collections of coins, postcards, photographs, newspapers, various documents referring to the island of Graciosa, clothing, armoury and investitures in the museum.
Services:
Educational Service
Activity: Guided visits.
Contact: jorge.am.cunha@azores.gov.pt
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available spaces:
Temporary exhibition room – capacity 60 people
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Graciosa Museum was opened in 1983 with a programme based on ethnography. Spaces were set up to illustrate rural houses from Graciosa and the activities which marked the socio-economic activities on the island in the past: the cultivation of wine and cereal. In 1991 the museum expanded its geographical expression and took on a poli-nuclear nature. It was in this context that, during the 1990s, other nuclei were created: the Boathouse for Santa Cruz Whaling Boats, the Maritime Nucleus, the Windmill, the Blacksmith’s Tent and the House of Threshing Machines.
The heritage of the museum’s six nuclei is vast and consists of a diverse range of collections from the 15th century to the present day. The collections are essentially themed ethnographically, with a strong focus on traditional activities of the island connected to agriculture, vineyards, cereal milling, domestic equipment, old offices and whaling. There also collections of coins, postcards, photographs, newspapers, various documents referring to the island of Graciosa, clothing, armoury and investitures in the museum.
Services:
Educational Service
Activity: Guided visits.
Contact: jorge.am.cunha@azores.gov.pt
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available spaces:
Temporary exhibition room – capacity 60 people
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Prow Figurehead
Word. 1890 – 1900.
Oil Lamp
Bronze. 19th Century.
