Espaço Memória e Fronteira
Melgaço museum on the recent history of the municipality, with rooms devoted to smuggling and to emigration in the 1960s and 1970s.
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About the museum
The Espaço Memória e Fronteira is housed in the former municipal slaughterhouse building in Melgaço, which was remodelled and extended in 2007. It is one of the spaces of the Rede Melgaço Museus (Melgaço Museums Network) and is dedicated to preserving the recent history of the municipality, above all emigration and smuggling.
One room deals with smuggling, which forced many people from Melgaço to live in hiding. Along a ramp, the exhibition depicts the stages of illegal emigration in the 1960s and 1970s: the causes, the preparation of the journey, the journey itself, the arrival and life in the host country, as well as the impact of emigration on the territory. It is a social portrait of the hundreds of local people whom Melgaço saw leave.
The space also has an assistance office for emigrants and immigrants. It can be visited on its own or with the combined ticket of the Rede Melgaço Museus.
Highlights
- Room dedicated to smuggling
- Ramp showing the stages of emigration in the 1960s and 1970s
- Former municipal slaughterhouse, remodelled in 2007
- Assistance office for emigrants and immigrants
- Combined ticket for the Rede Melgaço Museus
Permanent exhibition
- Memória e Fronteira: contrabando e emigração – Room on smuggling and a ramp showing the stages of illegal emigration in the 1960s and 1970s, from the decision to leave to life in the host country.
- Founded
- 2007
- Operated by
- Município de Melgaço
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €3 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €1.50Students and people aged 65 and over |
| Seniors | €1.50From age 65. |
| Students & apprentices | €1.50 |
| Melgaço Museums ticket (four spaces) | €8Includes the Núcleo Museológico da Torre de Menagem e Ruínas Arqueológicas, the Núcleo Museológico de Castro Laboreiro, the Museu do Cinema and the Espaço Memória e Fronteira. |
Admission of €3 to each museum space.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The official listing states “accessibility: yes”, without further details.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided visits are available. |
