Museu do Ouro de Travassos
Museu do Ouro de Travassos
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The Gold Museum was created with the aim of promoting and enhancing the work carried out by the goldsmiths of Travassos, a village where there are various workshops in operation.
During the fifty years that he spent working as a goldsmith, Francisco de Carvalho e Sousa collected the pieces and documents now on display, revealing a particular way of making filigree objects, resulting from the accumulation of the secrets and knowledge acquired over various generations.
The exhibition displays the equipment used in workshops, the tools used by the goldsmiths themselves, some silver objects and various pieces made of gold, including some archaeological finds, such as a diadem from the Copper Age and a Roman earring.
During the fifty years that he spent working as a goldsmith, Francisco de Carvalho e Sousa collected the pieces and documents now on display, revealing a particular way of making filigree objects, resulting from the accumulation of the secrets and knowledge acquired over various generations.
The exhibition displays the equipment used in workshops, the tools used by the goldsmiths themselves, some silver objects and various pieces made of gold, including some archaeological finds, such as a diadem from the Copper Age and a Roman earring.
Contacts
Address:
Aldeia de Baixo - Travassos - Póvoa de Lanhoso 4830-771 Travassos PVL
Telephone:
+351 253 943 790
Fax:
+351 253 943 792
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Open on weekends and public holidays from 14h30 to 17h30. All other dates must be previously scheduled. Closed at 1st January, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and 25th December