The Excellency of IN2PAST’s research units

FCT releases provisional results of 2023/2024 evaluation The Excellency of IN2PAST’s research units Complex, long and demanding process determines funding approval 16/4/2025 Five of the seven research units (RUs) that make up the IN2PAST – Associate Laboratory consortium received a rating of Excellent and two of Very Good in the provisional results of the 2023/2024 […]
The colonial past and how to use it

Saturday, April 12th, at the Museum of Lamego The colonial past and how to use it Dialogued tour of exhibit ‘Do not visit the sala colonial’ and round table 15/4/2025 Researchers from different IN2PAST research units, such as IHC, CRIA and HERCULES Lab., took part on Saturday, April 12th, in a dialogued tour of the […]
Collecting clay… and throwing it at the wall

April 11th and 12th, in Estremoz Collecting clay… and throwing it at the wall Project 2LEGACY workshop on clay preparation for ceramics 14/4/2025 After collecting endogenous clay in the field in Estremoz last Friday, not deterred by the weather, participants in project 2LEGACY‘s workshop quite literally tested the Portuguese expression ‘atirar o barro à parede’ […]
What do we know about the impact of earthquakes on heritage?
International Day of Monuments and Sites 2025 What do we know about the impact of earthquakes on heritage? Researchers and cultural agents meet in Lisbon Conference 11/04/2025 10 am – 5 pm Casa dos Bicos / Fundação José Saramago R. dos Bacalhoeiros 10, 1100-135 Lisboa, Portugal organization Património Cultural, IP, Museu de Lisboa/ EGEAC What […]
Mariana Pinto dos Santos on the Almada Interpretation Centre

On the Almada Murals at the Maritime Stations Interpretation Centre ‘it is necessary to get to know these paintings’ Scientific curator Mariana Pinto dos Santos in the first person 8/4/2025 (updated 11/4/2025) ‘This Interpretation Centre [Almada Murals at the Maritime Stations] draws attention to a unique work in the Portuguese 20th century panorama, which did […]
Almada Murals Interpretation Centre opens to the public

Almada murals at the Alcântara Maritime Station © Centro Interpretativo Almada Negreiros (CIAN) Inaugurated at the Alcântara Maritime Station Almada Murals Interpretation Centre opens to the public IN2PAST is a partner through IHA, CEDANSA and HERCULES 8/4/2025 (updated 11/4/2025) The Almada Murals at the Maritime Stations Interpretation Centre was inaugurated yesterday, April 7th, at the […]
Beneath the church floor

March fieldwork campaign at São João de Calvos Beneath the church floor Using ground-penetrating radar, digital reconstruction and more 7/4/2025 The use of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) for geophysical subsurface detection was at the heart of the second fieldwork campaign of project ‘São João de Calvos’, conducted on March 24, 25 and 26th, 2025, at the […]
Ceiling paintings up close and personal

Studied for the first time as part of project ARIA Ceiling paintings up close and personal For the interdisciplinary study of King João IV’s Musical Library 7/4/2025 Researchers from the IN2PAST-funded ARIA project climbed scaffolding to study the materials and techniques used in the paintings on the ceiling of the Music Rooms at the Ducal […]
Workshop on Collection and Preparation of Clay for Ceramics

Project 2LEGACY gets its hands dirty Workshop on Collection and Preparation of Clay for Ceramics April 11th and 12th, in Estremoz 03/04/2025 Workshop 11 & 12/04/2025 9:30 am – 5:30 pm Museu Municipal de Estremoz Prof. Joaquim Vermelho Largo Dom Dinis, 7100-509 Estremoz REGISTRATION (until April 9th) Click here and fill in Contact magldc@uevora.pt Want […]
Building digital repositories with indigenous communities

InDigit at the 5th National Meeting of IN2PAST Researchers Building digital repositories with indigenous communities ‘The indigenous peoples of the South American Lowlands and the digital transition in European museums’ 13/2/2025 InDigit was represented at IN2PAST’s 5th National Meeting of Researchers, taking place in the region of Minho, Portugal, between January 22nd and the 25th, […]