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The Hat Museum was present at the Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Network of Museums - Strategies and perspectives, which took place on March 21 at the Maritime Museum of Ílhavo.
In this event, took place the accreditation ceremony of the 4 new museums of RPM: Museu do Oriente, Museu Medeiros de Almeida - Artes Decorativas, Museu Municipal Santos Rocha and Museu das Artes de Sintra, to which we welcome.
This was also the moment of election of 3 RPM representatives, of central, local and private administration.
The director of the Hat Museum, Tânia Reis, was one of the nominees to join the list of possible representatives of the Portuguese Network of Museums, in the category "Local Administration".
Of the 165 museums belonging to RPM, only 15 possible representatives were appointed, 5 per category.
Although not elected to the position, this appointment is a recognition of the work done by the staff of the Hat Museum.
Our congratulations to the colleagues who were elected to represent RPM:
> In Central Administration: Vítor do Castelo, Angra do Heroísmo Museum.
> In Local Administration: Andreia Conceição, from the Maritime Museum of Sesimbra
> In Private Administration: Isabel Víctor, from the Sporting Museum.
The diversity of the museums of the elected representatives demonstrates the richness and variety of the Portuguese museum landscape, and we are confident that they will play a key role in strengthening and promoting our museums.
june 27, 2026
The Hat Museum offers a virtual visit to its renewed permanent, bilingual and free exhibition.This virtual tour will allow visitors from any part of the world to get to know this unique heritage of the Portuguese hat-making industry.
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june 8, 2026
In May, the Hat Museum hosted one of the sessions of the Encontros na Moagem conference, which this year focused on the theme “What Is Memory Worth? Bringing Industrial Spaces Back to Life”, encouraging reflection on the preservation, rehabilitation, and enhancement of industrial heritage.The programme brought together researchers, architects, museum professionals, and heritage specialists to discuss a range of experiences and projects developed in Portugal and Spain.
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november 28, 2025
On 27 November 2025, the Hat Museum hosted another edition of the “Visitas em Rede” programme of the Portuguese Museum Network. The visit was attended by the technical team of the Portuguese Museum Network, as well as by directors and museum professionals from across the country. During this visit, the Museum’s refurbished exhibition was presented, the result of a project supported by ProMuseus 2023.
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