Museu Bernardino Machado

About the museum

The museum is housed in the Palacete Barão da Trovisqueira, built by José Francisco da Cruz Trovisqueira, an emigrant who returned from Brazil and became an industrialist, deputy and mayor of Famalicão. The building, completed in 1857, hosted King D. Pedro V and later D. Luís I and Queen D. Maria Pia. With the financial crisis at the end of the 19th century, the palacete was sold and used as warehouses, a commercial and industrial school and the town court.

In 1988 the Câmara Municipal bought the building, which was by then badly deteriorated, and began its rehabilitation in phases. Between 1995 and 2001, Bernardino Machado's descendants donated the statesman's personal archive to the municipality, which formed the core of the museum's collection. The museum opened on 15 December 2001 and has been part of the Portuguese Museum Network since 2002.

The permanent exhibition follows the life of Bernardino Machado (1851–1944) across seven rooms: Famalicão and his time, the man and the family, the scientist, the educator, political thought and action up to 1910, the republican statesman, and resistance to the dictatorship. It brings together personal objects, academic robes and doctoral insignia, documents, photographs and publications. The museum also has a documentation centre with a historical archive and a specialised library.

Highlights

• Nineteenth-century palacete of the Barão da Trovisqueira
• Seven rooms devoted to Bernardino Machado: scientist, educator, politician and President of the Republic
• Academic robes and doctoral insignia from the University of Coimbra
• Personal objects, documents and photographs from the archive donated by the family
• Documentation centre with historical archive and specialised library

Permanent exhibition

• Exposição permanente – Seven rooms on the life and times of Bernardino Machado: his connection to Famalicão and his family, science, education, republican politics and resistance to the dictatorship.

Founded

2001

Operated by

Município de Vila Nova de Famalicão

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission, according to the municipality's visits page.

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Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The education department offers school activities such as the “MBM-Box”, which brings Bernardino Machado's legacy into the classroom.

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