Museu de Angra do Heroísmo
Museum based in the former São Francisco convent, open since 1949. It is a history museum, with a permanent exhibition organized in four parts: "Knowledge of the Azores Islands", "Angra, the Azores and the World", "From the General Captaincy to Liberalism" and "From the 2nd half of the 1800s to the present". Also noteworthy are Azorean paintings on wood from the 16th-17th centuries and an Artillery Battery that Portugal used in the 1st World War.
Contacts
Ladeira de São Francisco
9700-181,Angra do Heroísmo
- tel:295240800295240800
- email: [email protected]
- website: http://museu-angra.azores.gov.pt/
- social network: https://www.facebook.com/MuseuDeAngraDoHeroismo
- 2.00€
- 600
- Easy external parking
- Museums
- Documentation center, Auditorium, Library, Outdoor areas, Historical archive, Temporary exhibitions, Shop/store, Guided tours, Bar/snack-bar, Educational services, accessibility
Characteristics
- tuesday: 10:00-17:30
- wednesday: 10:00-17:30
- thursday: 10:00-17:30
- friday: 10:00-17:30
- saturday: 10:00-17:30
- sunday: 10:00-17:30
- tuesday: 09:30-17:00
- wednesday: 09:30-17:00
- thursday: 09:30-17:00
- friday: 09:30-17:00
- saturday: 09:30-17:00
- sunday: 09:30-17:00
opening hours
Summer
Winter
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