Dra Elisabete Pereira will be talking about the work of Estácio da Veiga, an important figure in the history of archaeology in Portugal and the Algarve in particular. As a result of his survey work in the 19th century, he identified some of the most important archaeological sites in the region and formed a remarkable collection of objects from various locations in the Algarve. This collection gave rise to the Archaeological Museum of the Algarve, curiously opened in Lisbon in 1880. Elisabete will be talking about the history of the archaeological investigations of Estácio da Veiga, the history of the objects that were collected and some of the personalities that he collaborated with, including priests, landowners, industrialists and collectors. Their work played a decisive role in the preservation of the archaeological heritage of the Algarve region.

Dra Elisabete Pereira is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History in Evora (University Nova de Lisboa-University of Evora) and holds a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science with a specialisation in Museology (2017). She is the co-coordinator of the Dictionary Quem e Quem na Museologia Portuguesa (Who's Who in Portuguese Museology) and Principal researcher of the project “TRANSMAT – Transnational materialities (1850-1930): reconstituting collections and connecting histories”. Her research focuses on the history of collections and her PhD thesis was awarded funding by the Direcção-Geral do Patrimonio Cultural of Portugal for its publication in 2018 (Archaeological Collections and Knowledge Networks: Actors, Collections and Objects 1850-1930).

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Press release by Jane Robertson