Category: Civil Architecture > Museum
District: Lisboa > Lourinhã > Lourinhã > Vale Medo
The GEAL Museum/Lourinhã Museum is located in the Vale Medo area, which is part of the urban fabric of Lourinhã village. Its placement within the locality makes it an accessible point of reference for anyone exploring the area.
A visit to the museum invites an authentic journey through time, exploring a period dating back approximately 150 million years. The collection stands out for its significant remains of living beings and their activity that inhabited the Lourinhã region and nearby areas, with particular emphasis on paleontological finds from the age of dinosaurs. It allows visitors to observe up close the signs of life of creatures that dominated the planet a very, very long time ago.
Beyond the fascinating window into deep geological time, the museum also presents a journey through the history of human presence in the region. The collections cover a vast temporal range, displaying cultural representations spanning from prehistoric periods, with artifacts and vestiges of ancient occupations, to the contemporary era. This core section offers a perspective on the evolution of human communities and their way of life over thousands of years.
The museum offers an experience of discovery through the diversity of its collections. It presents, side by side, fossil remains that tell the story of a distant past and evidence of human passage and culture throughout different eras. This combination of natural history and cultural history provides a broad insight into the rich heritage of Lourinhã and its surroundings.
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt
Coordinates DD: 39.2497523,-9.2896468
Coordinates DMS: 39°14'59.1"N 09°17'22.7"W
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