The Portimão Museum is located in the parish of Portimão, in the homonymous municipality, in Portugal. It is installed in the old Feu canning factory, and opened to the public on 17 May 2008.
The Museum’s estate consists of industrial and ethnographic heritage, namely that of the canning industry, shipbuilding, fishing, stowage, lithography, foundry, tin shop, smokehouse, transport, among others. As for the archaeological testimonies of the Municipality, it aggregates materials from various terrestrial and underwater archaeological stations.
In addition to the room that hosts the reference exhibition “Portimão – Territory and Identity”, the museum also has other public spaces such as two rooms for temporary exhibitions, an auditorium for 171 people, a training / meeting room with 54 m2, the room “Jaime Palhinha” where activities related to the educational service and the Documentation and Historical Archive Center are developed.
As part of the Commemorations of the City of Portimão, the inauguration of the exhibition of the awarded works and the awarding of prizes to the winners of the 22nd Photographic Race of Portimão, held this year in person and online, is scheduled for December 11th, at 5:00 p.m. , at the Museum of Portimão. This initiative, organized by the Municipality and Museum of Portimão and to be inaugurated on the Day of the City, registered in the aforementioned two modalities, the registration of 131 photography lovers, not only from the Algarve, but from various parts of the Country and from 10 nationalities, giving a strong international dimension to this initiative. During the face-to-face test that took place in the Municipality of Portimão, on May 14th, the participants had the opportunity to register, through a current look and their creativity, 3 photographs on each of the 8 themes proposed and delivered throughout the day, on cultural and natural heritage, experiences, people and environments of Portimão. Despite the return of this 22nd Photographic Race in the face-to-face format in Portimão, this year it was also intended to maintain and expand online participation, as in the last 2 years of the pandemic. […]