It is located in the historic center of Vila da Batalha, next to the monastery of Santa Maria Vitória, in Largo Goa, Damão and Diu, Vila da Batalha, District of Leiria, in the province of Beira Litoral, Central Portugal
The cultural space illustrates the history of this territory through geological and paleontological records: the Roman Villa Collippo, the Battle of Aljubarrota, the construction of the Mosteiro da Batalha monastery, highlighting the people of this region to this day.
The Batalha Municipal Community Museum aims to study, preserve, enhance and disseminate Heritage by promoting the culture of the region through a dynamic exhibition program with an educational nature that involves the entire community.
The Museu da Comunidade Concelhia elected the Best Portuguese Museum in 2012 by the Portuguese Association of Museology, distinguished with the renowned Kenneth Hudson prize (2013) in Belgium, is a project within the line of New Museology and Sociomuseology that aims to value the identity and history of the Municipality of Batalha and its residents.
The Museum portrays the life of this territory, from its geological, paleontological and archaeological origins, covering the main historical and artistic events up to the present day.
The areas describe the evolution of the territory and life of this region over the last 250 million years, taking us back to 1385, to the moments of the Battle of Aljubarrota and the promise previously made by D. João I to build a large church if victory against the Castilian invader was granted.
The following chapters belong to this area: Geology and Paleontology of the Territory, The first human beings in Batalha, From the Paleolithic to Roman domination and From Collippo to the Monastery.
The period that begins in 1386 describes the history of Batalha from the beginning of the construction of the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória to the present day, which allowed the population of this land to gradually conquer its autonomy and identity until it became the current Municipality.
The following chapters belong to it: The construction of the Monastery, Times of Glory, Times of Forgetfulness, Times of Recovery and Times of Communication and Citizenship.
The Museu da Comunidade Concelhia da Batalha, in collaboration with specialists in this area, created, based on one of the most traditional and well-known divisions of Nature's great resources: Air, Earth, Fire and Water, an itinerary on Biodiversity.
The area displays the Municipality today through films, touch screens, and an interactive topographic base model that allows you to learn about the cultural and natural routes and paths of the territory and its people. The visitor can watch one of the six films that portray this region.
In this area, research work is carried out with the community, leading to medium-term exhibitions: the exhibition alluding to teaching in Batalha began the calendar of temporary exhibitions held in this multipurpose space, followed by the exhibition "100 years of coal - Minas da Batalha 1854-1954".
The Future Memory Laboratory allows you to understand how this museum was built, learn about research work on the region and consult most of the existing publications about the Municipality.
The Batalha Municipal Community Museum aims to study, preserve, enhance and disseminate Heritage by promoting the culture of the region through a dynamic exhibition program with an educational nature that involves the entire community.
The Museu da Comunidade Concelhia elected the Best Portuguese Museum in 2012 by the Portuguese Association of Museology, distinguished with the renowned Kenneth Hudson prize (2013) in Belgium, is a project within the line of New Museology and Sociomuseology that aims to value the identity and history of the Municipality of Batalha and its residents.
The Museum portrays the life of this territory, from its geological, paleontological and archaeological origins, covering the main historical and artistic events up to the present day.
The areas describe the evolution of the territory and life of this region over the last 250 million years, taking us back to 1385, to the moments of the Battle of Aljubarrota and the promise previously made by D. João I to build a large church if victory against the Castilian invader was granted.
The following chapters belong to this area: Geology and Paleontology of the Territory, The first human beings in Batalha, From the Paleolithic to Roman domination and From Collippo to the Monastery.
The period that begins in 1386 describes the history of Batalha from the beginning of the construction of the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória to the present day, which allowed the population of this land to gradually conquer its autonomy and identity until it became the current Municipality.
The following chapters belong to it: The construction of the Monastery, Times of Glory, Times of Forgetfulness, Times of Recovery and Times of Communication and Citizenship.
The Museu da Comunidade Concelhia da Batalha, in collaboration with specialists in this area, created, based on one of the most traditional and well-known divisions of Nature's great resources: Air, Earth, Fire and Water, an itinerary on Biodiversity.
The area displays the Municipality today through films, touch screens, and an interactive topographic base model that allows you to learn about the cultural and natural routes and paths of the territory and its people. The visitor can watch one of the six films that portray this region.
In this area, research work is carried out with the community, leading to medium-term exhibitions: the exhibition alluding to teaching in Batalha began the calendar of temporary exhibitions held in this multipurpose space, followed by the exhibition "100 years of coal - Minas da Batalha 1854-1954".
The Future Memory Laboratory allows you to understand how this museum was built, learn about research work on the region and consult most of the existing publications about the Municipality.
