«A museum for everyone. The look of each one” is the title of the book of stories that will be presented on August 24th, at the Soares dos Reis National Museum, starting at 7 pm, in another session of the Quintas fora d’horas initiative. Free entry.
The book brings together a set of 10 short stories inspired by 10 pieces from the museum’s collection. Lamego Museum, unpublished narratives written by ten renowned names in Portuguese literature – Andréa Zamorano, Filipa Martins, João Morales, Manuela Gonzaga, Manuel da Silva Ramos, Nuno Camarneiro, Ricardo Fonseca Mota, Rita Taborda Duarte, Rui Zink and Tiago Salazar.
Giving form to the encounter between Literature and the Museum of Lamego, its history and its collections, the book results from the homonymous exhibition, both of which emerged from the first edition of Textemunhos, the Literary Festival, promoted by the Museum of Lamego, in October 2022 , with the aim of rehearsing greater complicity between museums and Literature.
In a set of initiatives designed in collaboration with programmer journalist João Morales and writer and journalist Tiago Salazar, among launches, round tables, staged readings, performances, exhibitions, theater, cinema and gastronomy, the announcement of the book, now available , in a joint edition of the Museum of Lamego and the publisher Ponto de Fuga.