Renda de Bilros de Peniche Museum

Municipality of Peniche

Located in the historic center of Peniche, “Museu da Renda de Bilros” (Bobbin Lace Museum) is a cultural and educational space. Integrated in the Rede Museológica do Concelho de Peniche (Museum Network of Peniche), this museum, inaugurated in 2016, is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of this art with four centuries of history. In a land facing the sea, with men dedicated to fishing, bobbin lace was a complement to the domestic economy in several families, with women learning to lace from an early age, in a knowledge passed down from generation to generation. The collection consists of thousands of pieces of lace and materials associated with the production, as well as contemporary creations, which show the creative possibilities of its application. There is also the “Escola de Renda de Bilros” (Bobbin Lace School),which aims to promote the teaching of this technique and thus perpetuate it in the next generations.

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Museum Network of Peniche, Municipality of Peniche – Photo by SAMP

Where there are fishnets, there is lacework – The seas in the hills

The connection that Peniche has with the sea has shaped the identity of its population. The ethnography of Peniche is deeply connected to the traditions, uses and customs associated with fishing and related industries, such as the cultivation of fields and traditional lace. The “Rede Museológica do Concelho de Peniche” (Museum Network of Peniche) took a set of pieces to São Bento that are a testimony of this connection and symbols of its material and immaterial culture: the kneading bowl, the basket and the nets (used for fishing and for unloading fish) and the set of traditional lace from Peniche (where the lace-maker develops her work). It is from people and their knowledge, traditions and objects that the living heritage of the territories are (re)discovered.

Rede Museológica from Peniche – Collection of the Bobbin Lace Museum

Bobbin Lace of Peniche

20th to 21st century
Cushion and seat

Set of traditional lace cushions on a wooden bench, with an initiated lace and the materials used to make it (bobbins, patterns, pins and sandbag for counterweight).

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Rede Museológica from Peniche – Collection of the Bobbin Lace Museum

Fisheries in Peniche

20th century
Kneading bowl and plastic basket.

The bowl is a wooden and cork container used to organize the hooks of the fishing lines. The fish are placed in a basket called “maquino” in Portuguese.

Rede Museológica do Concelho de Peniche.

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Rede Museológica from Peniche – Fisheries Collection

Museum-Village Route map

The Museum in the Village Project has transcended geographical boundaries by bringing together museums and villages from 26 different municipalities in Portugal. The map highlights the three participating regions and reveals the route between the museum and the village, where Cultural Heritage acts as a bridge to bring together municipalities, celebrate traditions and enhance territorial cohesion.

I liked it very much, it was the first time we had something so interesting,
that will take us to the world.

Maria Emília
Comunidade de São Bento, Município de Porto de Mós

The sense of self-esteem of the elderly, seeing their artistic creation displayed in a distant place and, most particularly, in a museum, is something that seemed unattainable to them and it has been all too evident.

Jorge Figueiredo
Cultural Heritage, Municipality of Porto de Mós

Exhibitions Credits

  • Cultural Promoter
    SAMP – Sociedade Artística Musical dos Pousos
  • Co-financier
    Iniciativa Portugal Inovação Social
    Programa Operacional Social e de Emprego (PO ISE)
    Portugal 2020
    Fundo Social Europeu (FSE)
  • Social investor
    Câmara Municipal de Leiria
    Partner
    Rede Cultura 2027
  • In collaboration with
    Município de Porto de Mós
    Município de Peniche
    Rede Museológica do Concelho de Peniche
    Museu da Renda de Bilros de Peniche
    Freguesia de São Bento
    União de Freguesias de Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes
  • Museums Working Group for “Rede Cultura 2027”
    Alberto Guerreiro | Museu Raul da Bernarda
    Sónia Santos | Município de Ourém
    Bruno Silva | Rede de Museus e Galerias de Óbidos
    Dóris Santos | Museu Dr. Joaquim Manso
    Filipe Guimarães da Silva | Fundação Mário Soares e Maria Barroso
    Jorge Figueiredo | Município de Porto de Mós
    Luís Figueiredo | Museu Damião de Góis e das Vítimas da Inquisição
    Margarida Moleiro | Museu Municipal Carlos Reis
    Raquel Janeirinho | Rede Museológica do Concelho de Peniche
    Vânia Carvalho | Museu de Leiria
  • The 13 Villages
    Alcanadas (Batalha) | Louriceira de Cima (Arruda dos Vinhos) | Ateanha (Ansião) | Cabeças (Alvaiázere) | Cercal (Cadaval) | Columbeira (Bombarral) | Fanhais (Nazaré) | Freixianda (Ourém) | Folgarosa (Torres Vedras) | Mosteiro (Pedrógão Grande) | São Bento (Porto de Mós) | Fetelaria (Sobral de Monte Agraço) | Pena e Casal da Pena (Torres Novas)
  • The 13 Museums
    Casa do Tempo (Castanheira de Pera) | Centro de Artes Caldas da Rainha | Centro de Estudos em Fotografia de Tomar | Rede de Museus e Galerias de Óbidos | Museu de Arte Popular Portuguesa (Pombal) | Museu da Lourinhã | Museu de Aguarela Roque Gameiro (Alcanena) | Museu de Leiria | Museu do Vidro (Marinha Grande) | Museu e Centro de Artes de Figueiró dos Vinhos | Museu Damião de Góis e das Vítimas da Inquisição (Alenquer) | Museu Raul da Bernarda (Alcobaça) | Rede Museológica do Concelho de Peniche

    The project also had the collaboration of museums from the 26 participating municipalities.
  • SAMP Contigo | Coordination
    Raquel Gomes
  • Museu na Aldeia | Coordination
    Gabriela da Rocha
    Sofia Neves
  • Museu na Aldeia | Teams of the project
    • Artistic team | SAMP
      Bruno Homem | Musician
      Filipa Cunha | Musician
      Inesa Markava | Artistic Performance Director
      Jesus Kristen | Musician
      Raquel Gomes | Community Artist
      Ruben Santos | Musician
      Sofia Neves | Actress
    • Technical team | SAMP
      Ana Figueiredo | Communication and Content Manager
      Cátia Gaio | Logistic and Financial Support
      Gabriela da Rocha | Museologist
      Henrique Chaves | Sociologist
      Lara Matos | Degree in Social Psychology
      Leonor Capricho | Graphic Designer
      Ismael Neves | Logistic and Financial Support
      Telma Pereira | Production
    • Texts
      Ana Figueiredo | SAMP
      Gabriela da Rocha | SAMP
      Henrique Chaves | SAMP
      Jorge Figueiredo | Património Cultural – Município de Porto de Mós
      Raquel Janeirinho | Rede Museológica – Município de Peniche
      Sofia Neves | SAMP
    • Photography credits
      SAMP team
      Gil de Lemos
    • Museology and museography
      Gabriela da Rocha | SAMP
      Jorge Martins | Rede Museológica – Município de Peniche
      Raquel Janeirinho | Rede Museológica – Município de Peniche
      Rui Venâncio | Rede Museológica – Município de Peniche
    • Exhibition set-up
      Gabriela da Rocha | SAMP
      Inês Soares e Lorenzo Scodeller | Novonovo
      Jorge Figueiredo | Património Cultural – Município de Porto de Mós
      Jorge Martins | Rede Museológica – Município de Peniche
      Raquel Janeirinho | Rede Museológica – Município de Peniche
    • Graphic design
      Henrique Martinowski
      Leonor Capricho | SAMP
    • Equipment design
      Paolo Martini | Novonovo
    • Transportation of the artwork
      Jorge Martins | Rede Museológica – Município de Peniche
      Raquel Janeirinho | Rede Museológica – Município de Peniche
    • Insurance of the artwork
      LUSITANIA, Companhia de Seguros, SA
    • Acknowledgements
      Comunidades de Casal de Santo António, São Bento, Casal Velho, Moliana,
      Telhados Grandes, Covão do Sabugueiro, Penedos Belos e muitas outras.
      Manuel Pamena
      Rede Museológica – Município de Peniche
      Escola Municipal de Renda de Bilros de Peniche
      Museu Municipal de Porto de Mós
      Central das Artes de Porto de Mós
      FabLab Porto de Mós
      União das Freguesias de Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes
      ANAFS – Associação Nacional dos Alistados das Formações Sanitárias

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