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On 27 November 2025, the Hat Museum hosted another edition of the “Visitas em Rede” programme of the Portuguese Museum Network.
The visit was attended by the technical team of the Portuguese Museum Network, as well as by directors and museum professionals from across the country.
During this visit, the Museum’s refurbished exhibition was presented, the result of a project supported by ProMuseus 2023.
On 27 November 2025, the Hat Museum hosted another edition of the “Visitas em Rede” programme of the Portuguese Museum Network.
The visit was attended by the technical team of the Portuguese Museum Network, as well as by directors and museum professionals from across the country.
During this visit, the Museum’s refurbished exhibition was presented, the result of a project supported by ProMuseus 2023.
june 27, 2026
The Hat Museum offers a virtual visit to its renewed permanent, bilingual and free exhibition.This virtual tour will allow visitors from any part of the world to get to know this unique heritage of the Portuguese hat-making industry.
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june 8, 2026
In May, the Hat Museum hosted one of the sessions of the Encontros na Moagem conference, which this year focused on the theme “What Is Memory Worth? Bringing Industrial Spaces Back to Life”, encouraging reflection on the preservation, rehabilitation, and enhancement of industrial heritage.The programme brought together researchers, architects, museum professionals, and heritage specialists to discuss a range of experiences and projects developed in Portugal and Spain.
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november 14, 2025
On 14 November, the Hat Museum took part in the 8th Conference of the Algarve Museum Network. To mark the 20th anniversary of the Faro Convention (2005), the paper ''From Unhas Negras (Black Nails) to Heritage: a Relationship with History(ies)'' was presented. It addressed the museological and heritage-related challenges involved in the way the Museum integrates the hat-making community into the museological process, preserving not only objects and memories, but also putting into practice the notion of heritage as a living and participatory process.
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