Museu de Évora

The history of Évora Museum dates back to 1804, when Frei Manuel of the Cenacle, Archbishop of Évora, inaugurated the Public Library, which also gathered part of their collections of Art, Archaeology and Naturalia.

In 1834, the management of this library passed to the Portuguese State in 1865, in two new rooms, individualized by the presentation of Art and Archaeology collection. Formally, the Evora museum would be created only after the establishment of the Republic, by decree of 1 March 1915. He received for installation some rooms of the Episcopal Palace, but expropriated by the government, which are inadequate for the presentation of the collections. Once you have designed your facility in Convent Lóios it would be installed in 1921 in the Palace Amaral, purchased for this purpose. In 1926, a violent earthquake degraded these facilities, forcing the return of the collections to the rooms of the Episcopal Palace, building where later, in exchange for the Amaral Palace, the Museum are definitely would set in 1929. In 2003 the Museum was closed for deep remodeling. During this period, a small nucleus of the collection was on display in the Church of Santa Clara. On 29 June 2009 the Museum of Évora was finally (re) opened, is expected to soon opening new rooms.