Pico Museum
Location:
Rua Baleeiros nº 13
9930-143 Lajes do Pico
Phone: (351) 292 679 340
Fax: (351) 292 672 276
e-mail: museu.pico.info@azores.gov.pt
site: http://museus.azores.gov.pt
Opening hours:
Whaling Museum
Tuesdays to Fridays 9.15 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Closed to the public on Mondays and bank holidays.
Whaling Industry Museum and Wine Museum
Tuesdays to Fridays 9.15 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays 9.15 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Closed to the public on Mondays and bank holidays.
Entry:
Normal ticket: 2.00 Euros
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: Sundays and 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
 Bacon Curer Interior Pico Museum / Whaling Industry Museum |
 Stone tank
Interior Pico Museum / Wine Museum |
The Museum
Fitting into the category of regional museum, Pico Museum includes the Whaling Museum in the town of Lajes, the Whaling Industry Museum in São Roque and the Wine Museum in Madalena.
The Whaling Museum, which is set up in three boathouses, was opened in 1988. The collections are essentially made up of ethnographic objects representative of whale hunting and its history. To be found in great number and of great artistic expression are the pieces of scrimshaw. There is also a large collection of books, which are mostly related to whale hunting and make up part of the library.
The Whaling Industry Museum was opened in 1994. Set up in a former sperm whale transformation factory, the museum is, from the point of view of its main collection, a museum of industrial Archeology – made up of the assets of the former factory: industrial machinery involved in the transformation and treatment of products extracted from marine mammals: flours, oils and fertilisers. The museum also has a small collection of photographs related to the whaling activity and the Port in São Roque.
The Wine Museum, set up in the Carmo Convent, was opened in 2003. Its main collection is ethnographic, representing various moments in the cycle of wine production and of the social conviviality involved.
Services:
Whaling Museum
Educational Service
Activity: Guided visits.
Contact:
maria.ff.rodrigues@azores.gov.pt
laura.is.serpa@azores.gov.pt
Documentation centre
Whaling theme
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available spaces:
Auditorium – capacity 60 people
Outdoor space
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Whaling Industry Museum
Educational Service
Activity: Guided visits.
Contact:
maria.ff.rodrigues@azores.gov.pt
laura.is.serpa@azores.gov.pt
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available spaces:
Outdoor space
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Wine Museum
Educational Service
Activity: Guided visits.
Contact:
maria.ff.rodrigues@azores.gov.pt
laura.is.serpa@azores.gov.pt
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available spaces:
1st floor of main building – capacity 100 people
Outdoor space
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Fitting into the category of regional museum, Pico Museum includes the Whaling Museum in the town of Lajes, the Whaling Industry Museum in São Roque and the Wine Museum in Madalena.
The Whaling Museum, which is set up in three boathouses, was opened in 1988. The collections are essentially made up of ethnographic objects representative of whale hunting and its history. To be found in great number and of great artistic expression are the pieces of scrimshaw. There is also a large collection of books, which are mostly related to whale hunting and make up part of the library.
The Whaling Industry Museum was opened in 1994. Set up in a former sperm whale transformation factory, the museum is, from the point of view of its main collection, a museum of industrial Archeology – made up of the assets of the former factory: industrial machinery involved in the transformation and treatment of products extracted from marine mammals: flours, oils and fertilisers. The museum also has a small collection of photographs related to the whaling activity and the Port in São Roque.
The Wine Museum, set up in the Carmo Convent, was opened in 2003. Its main collection is ethnographic, representing various moments in the cycle of wine production and of the social conviviality involved.
Services:
Whaling Museum
Educational Service
Activity: Guided visits.
Contact:
maria.ff.rodrigues@azores.gov.pt
laura.is.serpa@azores.gov.pt
Documentation centre
Whaling theme
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available spaces:
Auditorium – capacity 60 people
Outdoor space
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Whaling Industry Museum
Educational Service
Activity: Guided visits.
Contact:
maria.ff.rodrigues@azores.gov.pt
laura.is.serpa@azores.gov.pt
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available spaces:
Outdoor space
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Wine Museum
Educational Service
Activity: Guided visits.
Contact:
maria.ff.rodrigues@azores.gov.pt
laura.is.serpa@azores.gov.pt
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available spaces:
1st floor of main building – capacity 100 people
Outdoor space
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Whale Tooth (Sperm Whale)
Fátima Madruga (n. 1955). Pico Museum / Whaling Museum.
