Flores Museum
Location:
Largo da Misericórdia
9970-315 Santa Cruz das Flores
Phone: (351) 292 592 159
Fax: (351) 292 593 581
e-mail: museu.flores.info@azores.gov.pt
site: http://museus.azores.gov.pt
Opening hours:
Tuesdays to Fridays 9h00 às 12h00 e das 14h00 às 17h00
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
The Museum
Flores Museum is a poli-nuclear structure. Its origins are based in the Casa Etnográfica da Ilha das Flores, created in 1977. In 1979 one of the oldest buildngs in Santa Cruz was acquired, the Casa Pimental Mesquita, where there is a collection of furniture from the 18th to 20th century, which was mostly produced locally. In 1993 the São Boaventura Convent, a building from the 17th century, received th collections concerning maritime and cattle-raising activities. In 2003 the Regional Government took possession of the Whaling Factory in Boqueirão, an industrial building from the 1940s which will shortly become Flores Museum’s centre dedicated to whaling.
The collections are essentially ethnographic and cover the 18th to 20th centuries. They document the lives of the Florentines and their relations with the sea and land. Also significant are the scrimshaw and nautical instruments collections. Represented is the entire range of implements related to the cultivation of the land and treatment of agricultural production. Also important is the collection of utensils connected to various trades, with special mention going to carpentry and ironwork. The spinning and weaving of linen and wool are demonstrated in the collection of textiles, locally woven from these natural fibres.
Services:
Educational Service
Activity: Guided visits.
Contact: luis.fn.vieira@azores.gov.pt
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available spaces:
Exhibition room - capacity 80 people
Cloister – capacity 40 people
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Flores Museum is a poli-nuclear structure. Its origins are based in the Casa Etnográfica da Ilha das Flores, created in 1977. In 1979 one of the oldest buildngs in Santa Cruz was acquired, the Casa Pimental Mesquita, where there is a collection of furniture from the 18th to 20th century, which was mostly produced locally. In 1993 the São Boaventura Convent, a building from the 17th century, received th collections concerning maritime and cattle-raising activities. In 2003 the Regional Government took possession of the Whaling Factory in Boqueirão, an industrial building from the 1940s which will shortly become Flores Museum’s centre dedicated to whaling.
The collections are essentially ethnographic and cover the 18th to 20th centuries. They document the lives of the Florentines and their relations with the sea and land. Also significant are the scrimshaw and nautical instruments collections. Represented is the entire range of implements related to the cultivation of the land and treatment of agricultural production. Also important is the collection of utensils connected to various trades, with special mention going to carpentry and ironwork. The spinning and weaving of linen and wool are demonstrated in the collection of textiles, locally woven from these natural fibres.
Services:
Educational Service
Activity: Guided visits.
Contact: luis.fn.vieira@azores.gov.pt
Shop
Sale of informative and promotional material.
Available facilities
Available spaces:
Exhibition room - capacity 80 people
Cloister – capacity 40 people
Price list: Portaria n.º 69/2004 de 12 de Agosto
Form: Despacho n.º 635/2004 de 17 de Agosto
Wanderer Boat
Sperm whale bone, brass and cotton. 1937.
Sextant
Brass. 1940.
Compass
Brass and pinewood. 20th Century (beginning).
