This tour presents the architectural characteristics of past convent buildings, but also the diversity of spaces, their dynamics and purposes, as well as exploring the way of life of the Poor Clares belonging to the female branch of the Order of Friars Minor, founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.
The partnership between the Carlos Machado Museum and the Azores Geopark reinforces the strong bond with the local territory, which therefore contributes to its advertising, protection, enhancement, and sustainable development.
Due to the increase in tourism, the Museum has become an essential way to share knowledge, as a first contact of visitors with the Azores. In this sense, it aims to arise curiosity and promote responsible tourism activity, based on preservation and conservation of natural resources.
Visit this exhibition, entitled The Geopark in the Museum, at Santo André Center.
The Sacred Art circuit focuses on the old College Church, where the lush façade, the resplendence of the altarpiece of the main altar, as well as the collection of 17th century tiles are assumed as a whole, in a unique monument of Baroque style. To this is added a gallery with a diversified collection where pieces from the 16th century stand out, as well as a valuable collection of works with a religious theme.
The Natural History Circuit presents a naturalist collection that was the basis for the Museum. It is distributed over 8 rooms where diversity, knowledge and the exotic, along with different fields of scientific knowledge, are exhibited, with special importance to zoology, geology, mineralogy and botany.
The exhibition The Geopark in the Museum opens on the 12th of May, at 5:30 pm. Take this opportunity and come visit us!
To celebrate the International Museum Day, the Carlos Machado Museum is honored to welcome Dr. Nuno Pereira, on behalf of OVGA, for a conversation about Historical Eruptions in the Azores, which will take place at Santo André Center on May 18th, at 6 pm.
Visit the exhibition "The Geopark at the Museum", on display at Santo André Center.
On May 19th, at 9.30 pm, the Carlos Machado Museum celebrates the Navy Day with a Commemorative Concert organized in partnership with the Regional Conservatory of Ponta Delgada.
Take the opportunity to visit us and discover the exhibition with medals alluding to the Navy, on display at the Sacred Art Center of the Carlos Machado Museum until June 15th, 2023.