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Next saturday, 9th April, the Hat Museum will open its new temporary exhibition entitled "What our hands have made".
During many years the hatters of S. João da Madeira have created thousands of hat's models and brands.
True artists in the production of felt hats, they dressed the heads of the Portuguese and many other people around the world.
Aristocrata, Cantoneiro, Capeline, D' Aviz, Dallas, Derby, Garbo, Hollywood, Lord and Vacas Malhadas were some of the models produced by them.
This exhibition intends to explore not only the diversity of men, women and children’s hats produced in S. João da Madeira but also some of the most curious advertising of these companies.
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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