The Alcoutim Municipal Museum wishes all its collaborators, visitors, and friends a Holy and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year full of new challenges, many successes and achievements.
Happy Holidays
Result of Author: Manuela Teixeira
In the last month of the year, and on these festive dates, the opening hours of the Municipal Museum will change:
River Museum – closed to the public from December 23th, 2025 to January 2nd, 2026;
Archeology Museum (Castelo de Alcoutim) – closed to the public on December 24th to 26th and 31st, 2025, January 1st and 2nd, 2025;
Blacksmith’s House – closed to the public from December 10th, 2025 to January 2nd, 2026;
Religious Art and Dr. João Dias Museums – closed to the public on December 18th, 19th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th and 31st, 2025, January 1st and 2nd, 2026;
Primary School – closed to the public on December, 2025, and January, 2026.
We appreciate your understanding and wish you Happy Holidays.
Exhibition of micro-paintings and ideas by Robert Black
(Acrylic on canvas)
The coastal castles and islands of the Algarve and the paradise of the Guadiana River.
Casa dos Condes – Carlos Brito Municipal Library
Monday to Friday, except holidays
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
In November, the Algarve region is highlighted by Ambitur, and the River Museum in Guerreiros do Rio, the main location of the Alcoutim Municipal Museum, was one of the places visited during the press trip, and is the subject of the first article.
In a guide to discovering and visiting the region and its 16 municipalities, from Alcoutim to Vila do Bispo, from the interior to the coast, Ambitur presents different and innovative tourism initiatives and projects that contribute to your visit to the Algarve throughout the year.
Algarve, more than a destination, a way of life!
https://www.ambitur.pt/algarve-museu-do-rio-preserva-a-memoria-e-os-oficios-ligados-ao-rio-guadiana/
Collective sculpture exhibition
Casa dos Condes – Carlos Brito Municipal Library
Monday to Friday, except holidays
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Exhibition “Roots of Sun and Silence”
Photography exhibition by Ricardo Faustino
Casa dos Condes – Carlos Brito Municipal Library
Monday to Friday, except holidays
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
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Art and Story Exhibition
Art and Story Exhibition
Collective exhibition of illustrated poetry/prose as part of the Guadiana International Music Festival.
Casa dos Condes – Carlos Brito Municipal Library
Monday to Friday, except holidays
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Exhibition “Camões: Ingenuity and Art”
Exhibition of works from the Illustration Challenge – Different techniques/digital, launched by RBBG – Lower Guadiana Library Network to students from Alcoutim, Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António municipalities schools, as part of the Luís Vaz de Camões 5th Centenary Celebrations.
Casa dos Condes – Carlos Brito Municipal Library
Monday to Friday, except holidays
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Photography exhibition by Antônia and Ricardo C. Mendes
Casa dos Condes – Carlos Brito Municipal Library
Monday to Friday, except holidays
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The River Museum’s membership in the Portuguese Industrial Tourism Network
The River Museum, the main branch of the Alcoutim Municipal Museum, is part of the Portuguese Industrial Tourism Network (RPTI), through its governing body – the Municipality of Alcoutim.
For the Municipality of Alcoutim, the River Museum’s membership in the Portuguese Industrial Tourism Network aims to attract new audiences, as well as to value and promote the cultural and intangible cultural heritage and the memories and traditions linked to fishing and fishing techniques characteristic of the Lower Guadiana region.
The RTA intends to meet the expectations of tourists seeking different, authentic and original experiences in a segment little known to Algarve tourists, showcasing places, products and production processes from the region’s historical and cultural past, as well as their current uses/transformations.
Thus, the Algarve Tourism Region, in collaboration with the Municipality of Alcoutim, included the River Museum in the RPTI (Regional Planning and Tourism Network), as a resource for Industrial Tourism in the Algarve region and a reminder of the fishing activities and techniques of the Guadiana River.