Museu Etnográfico de Messejana
Ethnographic museum of the Misericórdia of Messejana, with rooms recreating Alentejo house interiors and the office of Soares Victor.
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About the museum
The Museu Etnográfico de Messejana is a museum of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Messejana, in the municipality of Aljustrel. It is spread over about twelve rooms, where typical settings of the region's past are recreated.
Among the pieces and reconstructions are a room that reproduces the office of Soares Victor, a distinguished son of the town, the water jars used by Francisco Manuel Bartolomeu, the last water carrier of Messejana, and several rooms of traditional Alentejo houses, such as the kitchen, the pantry, the bedroom and the sewing room.
Highlights
- Recreation of Soares Victor's office
- Water jars of the last water carrier of Messejana
- Kitchen, pantry, bedroom and sewing room of an Alentejo house
- About twelve rooms with traditional settings
Permanent exhibition
- Ambientes tradicionais de Messejana – Rooms recreating Soares Victor's office and typical Alentejo house interiors, with objects such as the water jars of the town's last water carrier.
- Operated by
- Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Messejana
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