Before Being Independence, It Was a Struggle For Liberation,
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of independence by exploring the museum's archive, and trying to generate more anti-colonial and anti-racist thinking and action, abolishing all forms of violence.
3 of April of 2025 to 30 of April of 2026
O Grito de Abril — Murals of the Portuguese Revolution seen by Adélia da Fonseca-Riès
From 1974 to 1976, in Lisbon and throughout the country, the art of painting took over the walls. To launch a long cry, repeated a hundred times, a thousand times: “Freedom.” O Grito de Abril. There are no traces left of the artistic gesture that covered the walls of Lisbon with dazzling frescoes. In a […]
26 of June to 31 of December of 2025
Architects of Freedom
The fight for the right to housing was and is a women's struggle. In Portugal, the April 1974 Revolution inherited a heavy legacy: there was a shortage of houses to live in and shantytowns, courtyards and islands proliferated in the largest cities.
06 of March to 30 of April of 2025