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The Quinta das Cruzes Museum associated itself with the celebrations of the International Day of Monuments and Sites with actions that were integrated into the theme proposed by the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with ICOMOS Portugal: “Cultural Heritage: from generation to generation”. On this commemorative day, in addition to the continuous opening of the museum and with free admissions, the Quinta das Cruzes Museum made available a program of activities aimed at children and young adults. During the morning a guided tour was held to the general public under the theme “Memories of a Place | A ...

As part of the celebration of International Day for Monuments and Sites, April 18, 2018, under the theme Heritage: from generation to generation, the Quinta das Cruzes Museum launches the “Memórias da Quinta” (Quinta’s memories) project. Through this initiative we intend to collect stories of experiences and memories of this place, with the local community, regional, national and international visitors. Being aware that this is a cultural location enjoyed for decades by children, young people, adults and seniors, for different reasons, whether the reason, by the museum’s collection or the contact with nature and gardens, it is important to know the ...

On September 27, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., a formal ceremony was held at the Quinta das Cruzes Museum, with the public presentation of a set of pieces that were kindly donated to the Museum by the Excellency Mrs. Susan Gale Bolger Seldon, the last heiress of the Family – Casa Torre Bela, descendant of the first Counts of Torre Bela, Filomena Gabriela Correia Brandão Henriques de Noronha and Russel Manners Gordon. The donation allowed to enrich the collection of the Museum with a nucleus of jewels of century XIX that belonged to the first countess of Torre Bela and a ...