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Island collections and a harbour-side plateau
Most objects in Praia’s Ethnographic Museum came from four islands during campaigns in 1992–95. The historic centre occupies a natural plateau above the harbour.
At a glance
A place worth remembering
Objects and oral histories
The heritage institute traces most of the Ethnographic Museum’s objects to INAC collection campaigns on four islands in 1992–95. The museum later added oral-history material gathered across the archipelago, giving those stories broader island coverage than the object campaigns. It opened in 1997 in the Plateau.[1]
A plateau above the harbour
Santa Maria da Vitória’s plateau sits above the port that shares its name. The heritage institute places Praia’s old settlement core there and gives its area as 28 hectares.[2]
Dona Maria Pia: a 2024 report
In an article dated 31 July 2024, the heritage institute reported that rehabilitation work on Dona Maria Pia lighthouse had begun and listed interpretation centres among the project’s aims. This photograph shows the lighthouse in 2016.[3]
Good to know
A few clear answers before you explore.
Which islands supplied most of the museum’s objects?
Santiago, Santo Antão, Boavista and Brava.[1]
Where is Praia’s historic centre?
On the natural plateau above the harbour of the same name.[2]
What did the 2024 report say about the lighthouse?
Rehabilitation had begun, and interpretation centres were among the project’s aims.[3]
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