Summer opening hours: (1 April to 30 September) \nTuesday to Sunday and public holidays \u2013 10am to 5.30pm \u2013 closes to visitors at 6pm \nWinter opening hours: (1 October to 31 March) \nTuesday to Sunday and public holidays \u2013 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. \u2013 closes to visitors at 5:30 p.m. \nClosed on Mondays.<\/p>\n\n
VISITS TO THE FORTRESS OF S\u00c3O JO\u00c3O BAPTISTA<\/strong>
\nThe Museum of Angra do Hero\u00edsmo offers guided tours of the Fortress of S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o Baptista, a large military monument located on Monte Brasil, built during the Spanish rule of the Philippine Dynasty (1580-1640), which are available upon prior registration.<\/p>\n\n *Exceptionally, until the end of 2025, visits will take place from 10 December, Wednesday to Friday, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/strong>
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\nWednesday to Sunday (including public holidays)<\/strong>
\n10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nPrice: \u20ac5.00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n The NHMMCBL, housed in the former Boa Nova Military Hospital, is home to the MAH’s Military Equipment and Armament Collection and Uniform Collection, and is the only Portuguese museum not affiliated with the Ministry of Defence that focuses on this subject.<\/p>\n\n This collection is presented to the public through three long-term thematic exhibitions, which, alongside an explanation of the evolution and functionality of weapons and an invitation to reflect on the major ethical, moral and social issues inherent in armed conflicts, document the personality and personal experiences of the patron Manuel Coelho Baptista de Lima and the history of the building itself.<\/p>\n\n Long-term exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Men, Weapons and War – From the Arrow to the Drone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n The exhibition traces the evolution of weapons in relation to human history, organised into five thematic sections arranged chronologically, creating the illusion of a journey through time and space to the battlefields and their surrounding context. Its collection consists of bladed weapons and firearms, esfragistics, graphic and fine art documents, uniforms and body armour, musical instruments, artillery pieces and support material, transport and logistics.<\/p>\n\n Memory and Novelty: Manuel Coelho Baptista de Lima and the Azorean Heritage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n This exhibition aims to illustrate the career of Angra do Hero\u00edsmo intellectual Baptista de Lima (1920-1996), highlighting his intention to construct an identity discourse and an Azorean memory that diverged from the ethnographic regionalism of the first half of the 20th century, and highlighting his contribution to the use of new European models of heritage management and defence in the archipelago, which would mark the genesis of regional public action in this area.<\/p>\n\n Royal Hospital of Boa Nova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n This title brings together memories of the use of the building, which is believed to have been one of the oldest military hospitals in the world.<\/p>\n\n With its roots in the field hospital brought by D. \u00c1lvaro de Bazan during the conquest of Terceira Island in 1583, the Philippine building was developed alongside the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Boa Nova and expanded during the reign of D. Jos\u00e9 I with a large new infirmary.
\nThe ways of viewing illness and health, in their relationship with the sacred and with archaic remedies and treatments, as well as the memories of what happened in this centuries-old building, are revisited in panels and exhibits in the old chapel and adjoining sacristy, recalling the signing of the Spanish surrender in 1642, after a memorable eleven-month siege by the population and militias of Terceira Island, with the help of other islands in the Azores; the preaching of Ant\u00f3nio Vieira in 1654; the figure of Terceira’s greatest chronicler, Manuel Lu\u00eds Maldonado (1644-1711), author of Fenix Angrence and administrator of the hospital, who is buried here; and the installation, for some time, of the English printing press with which the press was inaugurated in the Azores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer opening hours: (1 April to 30 September)
Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays \u2013 10am to 5.30pm \u2013 closes to visitors at 6pm
Winter opening hours: (1 October to 31 March)
Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays \u2013 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. \u2013 closes to visitors at 5:30 p.m.
Closed on Mondays. VISITS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-519","location","type-location","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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