Category: Civil Architecture > Museum
District: Santarém > Mação > Mação > Centro
The museum is located in the center of the village of Mação, precisely in Largo Infante D. Henrique. Its central location makes it easily accessible for anyone exploring the locality.
This museum invites visitors on a journey through time, exploring the origins of human presence in the Tagus Valley. It highlights the importance of early tools and the emergence of art as a form of expression, showing how these elements shaped the first communities and identities in the region.
The space focuses on the earliest periods of history, from Prehistory, and on how the sacred manifested itself in the practices and artifacts found in the area.
In the museum's rooms, there is a vast and diverse collection, resulting from decades of archaeological investigation in the area. The main core is dedicated to the Prehistory of the Tagus Valley, exhibiting stone tools and testimonies of rock art that reveal ancient human presence. A particular highlight is the Bronze Age collection, known as the Porto do Concelho Deposit.
Beyond archaeology, the museum also addresses aspects of local culture through sections on ethnography and sacred art, completing the historical and social portrait of the Mação community.
In addition to being a space where traces of the past can be observed, this museum also functions as an active center for study and research dedicated to Prehistory and rock art in the region. It collaborates with educational and research institutions, strengthening its role in the continuous exploration and understanding of the long human history in the Tagus Valley.
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt
Coordinates DD: 39.5569597,-7.9934579
Coordinates DMS: 39°33'25.1"N 07°59'36.4"W
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