The Municipal Museum of Loulé and the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve were distinguished in the 2019 edition of the Portuguese Association of Museology (APOM) awards, which were presented this Friday, 24 May, at Teatro Miguel Franco, in Leiria.
The Municipal Museum of Loulé, that had already been distinguished in 2018, by APOM, received the online communication award, for the promotion of the exhibition “LOULÉ: Territories, Memories and Identities“, which was on display at the National Archeology Museum, in Lisbon.
It was also the result of a partnership that the Loulé museum received the Investigation Award, for the work done with the Institute of Contemporary History of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, for the exhibition “Portuguese forced laborers in the III Reich and Louletans in the Nazi Concentration System“, which is on display until December at Casa Memória Engº Duarte Pacheco, in Loulé.
The Regional Directorate of Culture won the APOM award, in the category of Marketing and Cultural Merchandising, due to the Fortaleza de Sagres store, which reopened in November last year and in addition to merchandising products about Sagres, the Algarve and Portugal, it also features, right at the entrance, a sculptural installation by Marc Parchow, called “Impermanências”.
The Museum of the Year Award was given to the Museum of the Bienal de Arte de Cerveira Foundation.
APOM has awarded the awards annually, since 1997, to museums, projects, good practices, professionals and various activities developed in the sector.
In the 2019 edition, there were 27 categories in the competition and the entity received around 200 applications from institutions in mainland Portugal and the Autonomous Regions, as well as from Portuguese exhibition projects abroad, with 89 entities being distinguished.
In this edition of the awards, APOM created a Special Mention for a group of institutions that highlighted the heritage of their collections related to the Second World War, to point out that “the suffering caused to millions of people will not be forgotten”, when they pass 80 years after the beginning of the conflict (1939).
See the full list of awardees below:
Museum of the Year Award
Museum of the Biennial of Art of Cerveira Foundation
Honorable mention
Romanesque Interpretation Center
Personality in the Area of Museology
Researchers Manuela Oliveira Martins and Maria Campagnolo
Intervention in Conservation and Restoration Award
National Museum of Music
Angra do Heroísmo Museum DRaCMovable, Intangible and Archaeological Heritage Division – Regional Directorate of Culture — Azores
navy museum
Honorable mention
Directorate of Military History and Culture - Army
Innovation and Creativity Award
Lamego Museum
Oliveira do Bairro Museum Network
Couto SA
Carlos Machado Museum
Online Communication Award
Loulé Municipal Museum
mint museum
A.muse.art (blog) – Maria Isabel Rocha Roque
Côa Park Foundation
Management and Multimedia Application Award
Aveiro University
Douro Museum
mint museum
Romanesque Interpretation Center
Marketing and Cultural Merchandising Award
Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve
Lisbon Museum — Roman Theater
Honorable mention
Couto SA
Journalistic/Media Work Award
Navel Magazine
Tourist Information Award
Experience Stones
FC Porto Museum
Barroso Ecomuseum
Incorporation Award
Sacavém Ceramics Museum
Madeira Whale Museum
Torre do Tombo National Archive
Museology Study Award
“Families in Museums: Proposal for the Marta Ortigão Sampaio House-Museum”, by Andreia dos Santos Diogo
“Making the landscape in Alto Douro Vinhateiro: challenges of a museum territory”, by Natália Fauvrelle;
“Luís Cangueiro Collection. From the private sphere to the museum of mechanical music. Contributions to a study”, by Ana Helena Marques Peixoto Jerónimo
Honorable mention
“Business Museums in Portugal. Estimating the past as a defense for the future”, by Gabriel Marques Graça
Conferences Award
Virgolino Jorge and Roca Lisbon Gallery
Museology Work Award
Rural Nucleus of Coruche – Municipal Museum of Coruche
Vale do Tua Interpretive Center
Museum of the 1st Demarcation
Romanesque Interpretation Center
Honorable mention
m|i|mo – museum of the moving image
research award
Directorate of Military History and Culture – Army, Municipal Museum of Loulé
Honorable mention
Sporting Museum and Carlos Machado Museum
Catalog Award
Ajuda National Palace
Museum of Mechanical Music
Historical Heritage - Study Group
Honorable mention
Health Museum
Collector's Prize
Germano de Sousa
Julia Lourenço
Rosa and Mário Varela Gomes
Visitable Collection Award
Aveiro Museum
Holy Body
Lisbon Historical Hotel
Eurostars Museum Hotel Lisbon
Film Award
Museum of the 1st Demarcation
Romanesque Interpretation Center
Education and Cultural Mediation Project Award
Angra do Heroísmo Museum
Arpad Szenes Foundation – Vieira da Silva
Museum of Paper Money
Honorable mention
Bordalo Pinheiro Museum and Vila Franca de Xira Municipal Museum
Patronage Award
Caixa Geral de Depósitos and Fujitsu
International Project Award
Museum of Leiria
Directorate of Military History and Culture - Army
Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage (DGPC)
Honorable mention
Lisbon Museum
MU.SA Project – Faculty of Arts University of Porto
International Cooperation Award
Embassy of the People's Republic of China
Embassy of Japan
Romania embassy
Embassy of Portugal in France
Temporary Exhibition Award
Sacavém Ceramics Museum
Almada Naval Museum
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage (DGPC)
National Secretariat for the Cultural Heritage of the Church
Institution Award
Belmonte City Council
New bank
Judiciary Police
Special mentions for institutions that highlighted the heritage of their collections related to World War II:
Torre do Tombo National Archive
Exile Memory Space
Martins Sarmento Society
Diplomatic Institute/MNE
Museum/Interpretation Center of Vilar Formoso
Play Museum
Pharmacy Museum
Lisbon Jewish Museum
National Museum of Music
Partnership Award
FC Museum of Porto
Pharmacy Museum
WAS — World Association for Sexual Health
SPSC – Portuguese Society of Clinical Sexology
SPA – Portuguese Society of Andrology
Honorable mention
Arpad Szenes Foundation – Vieira da Silva
Amoreiras Shopping Center
Museum of Mechanical Music
Museu do Fado
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