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139: 131: 236: 268: 524: 35: 207:, an ethnographer from the Povoan fisher community, published his work "O Poveiro" (The Povoan) in 1932. In the book, Santos Graça presented the cultural issues of the community in a clear, elaborated and attractive way, including important and curious aspects such as social structure, ancestry, and change. The First Regional Exhibition of Maritime Fishery of the Coast of 251:
The historical building was declared, by the Portuguese national monuments institute, as of public importance in 1985. The museum reopened on September 7, 1985, and used for several temporary exhibits featuring diverse aspects of local History and Ethnography. The old dolls with scenes of traditional
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When Santos Graça died in 1956, the museum started to decline and, in 1974, the building was bought by Póvoa de Varzim Town Hall to João do Ameal, Count of Ameal. The building was closed for works, but its collection kept being shown across Portugal and Europe, such as "Siglas Poveiras", winner of a
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as a property of public interest in Portugal. It became a museum in 1937 and is one of the oldest ethnographic museums in Portugal. The museum collection includes the permanent exhibition "Siglas Poveiras" that won the "European Museum of The Year Award" in 1980. It also includes Sacred art from the
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The museum, was for the years to come, considered a role model regarding maritime ethnography with thousands of visitors, the life, arts and traditions of the Povoan fisher and farmer communities were the most popular amongst visitors. Dolls presenting traditional games and cultural aspects of the
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1980 International European Museum of the Year award, "Povoan costumes", "Archeology in the Municipality of Póvoa de Varzim"; "António Santos Graça - The Man and his Work", "Fishery, Sea Baths, Countryside life - a view of the community in times of change".
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in 1991 and opened an archeology section, important for the study of archaeological findings, such as the Roman Villa Mendo, the early Medieval Rates township and monastery, the Roman necropolis at Beiriz, and Cividade de Terroso, an important
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in October 1932, prompted the foundation of the museum by Santos Graça in 1937 in an attempt to preserve the practices and traditions of this community that were being rapidly lost without registration or academic studies.
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Santos Graça rented the Solar dos Carneiros, a nobleman house, although he immediately saw that the building was not suited for the needs. The museum collection included objects from the museum created by
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Povoan lifestyle and the tradition kitchen were recovered due to visitors pressure, a part of the museum that became known as the "museum of the museum".
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in 1907, the Archeology and History collection of Padre Brenha Museum (cataloged by Cândido Landolt in 1893); the Regional Museum of the local
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Baptismal font of the first church of Póvoa de Varzim, a Gothic-Romanesque temple demolished in the beginning of the 20th century.
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The museum has two extensions near historical sites: São Pedro de Rates Museum - for the history, legend and art surrounding the
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The Ethnography and History Museum organized the reconstruction of Lancha Poveira Fé em Deus, a
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and Cividade de Terroso Museum - a presentation with archaeological findings at the entrance of
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early main church, archaeological findings such as Roman inscriptions,
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Museu Municipal de Etnografia e História da Póvoa de Varzim
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Ethnography and History Municipal Museum of Póvoa de Varzim
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Ethnography and History Municipal Museum of Póvoa de Varzim

Póvoa de Varzim
Portugal
Coordinates
41°22′50″N 8°45′30″W / 41.38055038°N 8.75821114°W / 41.38055038; -8.75821114
Porto Metro


museum
Portuguese
Póvoa de Varzim
IGESPAR
Castro culture
Romanesque Church of Rates
Cividade de Terroso
Castro culture
António dos Santos Graça
Entre-Douro-e-Minho
Casino da Póvoa
António Augusto da Rocha Peixoto
lyceum
Santa Casa da Misericórdia

Poveiro boat
Iron Age

Castro culture
Poveiro Boats
António Augusto da Rocha Peixoto

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