Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve opened its doors to the public on August 3, 1997 and was the first
center of the Ciência Viva Centers network in Portugal. It is a small non-profit private association
which benefits of the dedication, experience and knowledge of 6 employees and grantees and school teachers that allow transferring science acquisitions to the society through the development of interactive modules and temporary exhibitions, as well as with original activities for schools and young people.

CCVAlg has two interactive permanent exhibitions: i) “Know +, Eat well, Walk better” in which Physics, Geology, Food, Meteorology, and Volcanism are presented in an integrated way around energy, and ii) “From the Ria to the Street” that focuses on the local Ria Formosa barrier-island lagoon system and in which the visitors can interact with animals that are usually found in the intertidal zone, and discover their interaction with local and cultural aspects.

The museum also aims to dedicate a higher portion for local community and regional aspects such
as the Ria Formosa Lagoonal system, including all scientific domains, and more specifically the links between land, sea and human activities through ecoservices of coastal and marine environments.

The MEV was inaugurated in 1891 and for over one hundred years it has continued with its mission to conserve, study, exhibit and publicise its exceptional collection. The collection is mostly based on medieval art; in fact, the Romanesque collection is one of the most important ones in the world. Our will in the near future is to spread this collection both all around the world and locally, so we are hardly working on the digital side in order to achieve this purpose.

The Episcopal Museum of Vic was inaugurated in 1891 and for over one hundred years it has continued with its mission to conserve, study, exhibit and publicise its exceptional collection. Since 2002 all museum exhibits have been located in a new building designed specifically our collections.

MEV collection comprises over 29,000 items  of exceptional value.  It includes  masterpieces; paintings and sculptures from the Catalan Romanesque and Gothic periods, together with outstanding collections of archaeology, jewellery, textiles, ironwork, glassmaking and pottery.

Museo Galileo is one of the leading international institutions in the History of Science, combining a well-known museum of scientific instruments and an institute dedicated to research, documentation, and dissemination of the history of science in the broadest senses.

Founded in 1927, the Museum is heir to a five century-long tradition of scientific collecting, which originates from the primary importance assigned to scientists and scientific instruments by the Medici and Lorraine families. It also hosts the only surviving instruments made by Galileo Galilei.

The Museum is equipped with a specialized library, a multimedia department dedicated to the exploitation of the museum collections, as well as an iconographic archive and a restoration laboratory.

Museo Galileo has promoted several initiatives aimed toward different target audiences to increase the general public’s interest in science both by introducing scientific content with practical and entertaining methods and by offering informal extra-school occasions of learning. In particular three critical areas have been identified in which the experience of Museo Galileo’s staff has a significant impact: school from primary to secondary education, with a special attention to scholastic institutes that are penalized by their isolated position, disadvantaged groups such as visually impaired people, hospitals and prisons.