News
28 October 2023
HAT MUSEUM SIGNED PROTOCOL OF NATIONAL PROGRAM PROMUSEUS 2023
The Directorate General for Cultural Heritage approved the application of the Hat Museum to the "Promuseus 2023" program, and on 26 October the protocol formalizing this support was signed, for the implementation of a project to reformulate the permanent exhibition area of this institution, aiming to introduce improvements in accessibility and inclusion.
The signing ceremony, attended by the director of the Hat Museum, Tânia Reis, took place at the Navy Museum, located in the Jerónimos Monastery, in Lisbon, with the presence of the Secretary of State for Culture, Isabel Cordeiro, and the Director General of Cultural Heritage, João Carlos dos Santos.
The Hat Museum was one of 40 that, nationally, saw approved the projects that applied for this year’s ProMuseus contest.
This is a program of financial support for the museums of the Portuguese Network of Museums not dependent on the central administration and that aims to contribute to the qualification of the national museological fabric.
01 October 2023
CONSERVATION WORKSHOP
It is already on October 9 that the Headgear Museum will host the conservation workshop "Hats: Knowing, understanding and preserving".
Promoted by the team of the National Costume Museum, this workshop is part of the temporary exhibition of the Hat Museum “Milliners… The Collection of the National Costume Museum”, and its primary objective is to make known the guidelines for good preservation practices this rich and diverse cultural heritage that is the hat, the Museum´s object of study.
Registration is still ongoing. For more information, contact the Museum by email at museuchapelaria@cm-sjm.pt or 256 200 206.