Inserted in the official calendar of the Portugal-France 2022 Season, this initiative is endorsed by CeiED - Interdisciplinary Research Center in Education and Development, Lusófona University. The Portugal-France 2022 Season is a bilateral diplomatic initiative between Portugal and France, aimed at deepening cultural relations between the two countries.

In the context of recent concerns with non-European heritage, the history of scientific museology, and the colonial thought associated with it, the museum institution and the way it deals with history have been intensely scrutinized. The collective exhibition "Artists, Heritage, and the Museum," along with associated events, examines the museum institution and heritage through the lens of contemporary art, particularly conceptual art, and from a multidisciplinary and dynamic methodology.

Objectives

• Exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History and Science in Lisbon, which took place from February 1 to February 28, 2022 (international artists).
• Guided tour of the exhibition with curator Marta Jecu on February 15, 2022.
• Guided tour with adults from the Portuguese-speaking migrant association RENOVAR MOURARIA (Project: Integration in Portuguese) and a discussion with professor Mário Moutinho on February 21, 2022.
• Educational action program with children aged 8 and 9 from two Lisbon schools, Escola Passos Manuel and Escola Patricio Prazeres, on February 22 and 24, 2022.

Research Team

Marta Maria Jecu (PI)

Partners

• MUHNAC (Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa)
• Galeria High Art Paris
• Agrupamento de Escolas Patrício Prazeres
• Escola Passos Manuel