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Lourinhã Museum goes to Alcanadas

The Museu da Lourinhã travelled to Alcanadas, in the municipality of Batalha, to explore the theme of the near extinction of life on Earth. The exhibition was held at the Primary School with the participation and support of the community, which took care of and presented the collection to visitors. Meteorites and replicas of prehistoric beings enchanted everyone, showing the dramatic changes in the world millions of years ago.

Museu da Lourinhã presented museum exhibits that explore the extinction of dinosaurs in the village of Alcanadas, municipality of Batalha. The exhibition was held at the Primary School and it was supported by the community, who helped preserve and promote it. The collection was composed of a meteorite and replicas of living creatures that walked the face of the Earth before the collision of the asteroid that marked the end of the Jurassic Period (150 million years ago). This also included a block composed of a sequence of rocks that represent the transition between the Cretaceous and the Palaeogene period – around 66 million years old. All the elements illustrate the dramatic changes the world went through, the extinction of various species of plants and animals that used to dominate the planet and the origin of new species, such as mammals.

Rochas limite K/Pg | K/Pg boundary rocks by museunaaldeia on Sketchfab

Rocks marking the K/Pg boundary

The K/Pg boundary is a denomination of the geological formation that indicates the moment several species on
Earth became extinct, which occurred 65 million years ago.

Meteorite

A meteorite is a solid fragment that moves through space and falls onto the Earth.

Stegosaurus thorn replica

The stegosaurus lived 150 million years ago.

Lourinhã Museum

Grupo de Etnologia e Arqueologia da Lourinhã, Municipality of Lourinhã

The Lourinhã Museum is a scientific reference at an international level, and it is dedicated to archaeology, ethnology and palaeontology. Created in 1984, it is the result of the initiative of a group of enthusiastic volunteers who founded GEAL – Grupo de Etnologia e Arqueologia da Lourinhã. The passion that this group, as well as the Museum team, have for sharing, researching and preserving the region’s natural and cultural heritage is reflected in their comprehensive collection and active engagement with the community. Their collections invite each visitor to embark on a journey through the history of life on Earth, from the hatching of dinosaur eggs, to the crafts of Man in the Contemporary Age.

The artwork that visited the Museum

Alcanadas goes to the Museum of Lourinhã

A exposição apresentada pelo Museu da Lourinhã na aldeia de Alcanadas levou a comunidade a refletir sobre o que gostariam de salvar hoje, resultando a criação “Arca da Salvação”. Os participantes homenageiam, assim, o nome da sua aldeia, que tem origem na lenda da Arca de Noé e serve como abrigo para objetos, memórias e mensagens de esperança.

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Meetings and Sharing

The Community welcomes an artwork from the Museum, inviting it into the heart of their village. This object becomes a catalyst, inspiring museum professionals and the artistic team to engage participants in a collaborative process. Together, they establish connections between the museum artwork, its reflection, and its ties to local heritage. Using local elements such as objects, songs, stories, and traditions, participants craft their own artwork. The celebration reaches its peak with the inauguration of a temporary exhibition in the museum. An artistic performance fosters connections among communities and museum professionals, strengthening bonds between them.

And so it was… Art as an invitation for encounters and connections.

Testimonials

I liked it when we had the artwork from Museu da Lourinhã here. We arranged a group of people and every week two of us would come and we always brought a snack. And we would spend Sunday afternoons socialising, because thankfully a lot of people would always come to visit. We would explain the origin of what was in the exhibition and at the end we went for a snack. We socialised with each other.

Rosinda Vieira Franco
Community of Alcanadas, Municipality of Batalha

Well, let more people come to our village, so we can continue to have a bit of a different daily life, which is very important. Because in the past, there was a lot of neighborliness, and now socializing is more over the phone or on Facebook. I don’t have anything against that, but you see people talking less, and there are a lot fewer people, right?! I think dialogue is increasingly important, and there are fewer opportunities for it.

Noémia Cerejo Meneses, community of Alcanadas
Municipality of Batalha

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 da Batalha
    Município da Lourinhã
    GEAL – Grupo de Etnologia e Arqueologia da Lourinhã
    Museu da Lourinhã
    União de Freguesias de Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes
  • Museums Working Group for project “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
    • SAMP | Artistic team
      Bruno Homem | Musician
      Filipa Cunha | Music
      Inesa Markava | Artistic Director of Performances
      Jesus Kristen | Musician
      Raquel Gomes | Community Artist
      Ruben Santos | Musician
      Sofia Neves | Actress
    • SAMP | Technical team
      Ana Figueiredo | Communication and Content Manager
      Cátia Gaio | Logistic and Financial Support
      Gabriela da Rocha | Museologist
      Henrique Chaves | Sociologist
      Lara Matos | Graduate in Social Psychology
      Leonor Capricho | Graphic Designer
      Ismael Neves | Logistic and Financial Support
      Telma Pereira | Production
    • Texts
      Ana Figueiredo | SAMP
      Carla Tomás | Museu da Lourinhã
      Gabriela da Rocha | SAMP
      Henrique Chaves | SAMP
      Sofia Neves | SAMP
    • Photography credits
      SAMP | Team
      Gil de Lemos
    • Museography and exhibition set-up
      Carla Abreu | Museu da Lourinhã
      Carla Tomás | Museu da Lourinhã
      Câmara Municipal da Lourinhã
      Gabriela da Rocha | SAMP
      Inês Soares | Novonovo
      Lorenzo Scodeller | Novonovo
    • Graphic design
      Leonor Capricho | SAMP
    • Exhibition equipment design
      Paolo Martini | Novonovo
    • Carpentry service and ark design
      Artymanha
    • Insurance of the artwork
      LUSITANIA, Companhia de Seguros, SA
    • Acknowledgements
      Comunidade de Alcanadas
      Dulce Vieira e José Vieira
      Centro Recreativo de Alcanadas
      Museu da Comunidade Concelhia da Batalha
      Politécnico de Leiria
      União de Freguesias de Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes
      ANAFS – Associação Nacional de Alistados das Formações Sanitárias

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