Museu Municipal de São Filipe

Museu Municipal de São Filipe
São Filipe Municipal Museum
Front of the museum next to the square
Museu Municipal de São Filipe is located in Cape Verde
Museu Municipal de São Filipe
Location within Cape Verde
EstablishedDecember 13, 2008
LocationSão Filipe, Fogo, Cape Verde
Coordinates14°53′39″N 24°30′00″W / 14.8942°N 24.4999°W / 14.8942; -24.4999
TypeMuseum
Collectionsculture

Museu Municipal de São Filipe (Portuguese for "São Filipe Municipal Museum") is a museum located in the historic centre of São Filipe, on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. It is located in a sobrado, a colonial town house.[1] The museum was opened on December 13, 2008, by the town president Eugênio Miranda da Veiga.[2]

A traditional hut (funco) in the backyard of the museum

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Ilha do Fogo - História dos sobrados" [Fogo Island - History of Sobrados] (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2010-09-18.
  2. ^ "Inauguração do Museu Municipal de S. Filipe" [Grand Opening of São Filipe Municipal Museum] (in Portuguese). December 13, 2008.
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