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The Memory and Frontier Space Museum is dedicated to smuggling and immigration, moments of the recent history of Melgaço county.

In the contraband room smugglers’ stories are told and some of the smuggled goods are exposed.

Emigration is depicted in detail. Its causes, the preparation of the trip, the trip, the arrival and the experience in the host country are presented to the visitor, either through objects or texts and documents from that time. 

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  • Memory and Frontier Space

  • The Memory and Frontier Space Museum is dedicated to smuggling and immigration, moments of the recent history of Melgaço county.

    In the contraband room smugglers’ stories are told and some of the smuggled goods are exposed.

    Emigration is depicted in detail. Its causes, the preparation of the trip, the trip, the arrival and the experience in the host country are presented to the visitor, either through objects or texts and documents from that time. 

  • Norte

  • Melgaço

  • Peneda-Gerês National Park

  • Município de Melgaço

  • Coming from the south:

    - A1/A3 Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Valença and then N202 until Melgaço;

    - A1/A28 Lisbon, Oporto, Viana do Castelo, A27 until Ponte de Lima;

    Coming from Spain:

    - A6 which connects Galicia to central Spain

    - AP9-A Coruña

    - AP9 Santiago de Compostela

    - Vigo A52, exit, As Neves or Cañiza, then in direction to Arbo - Portugal

    - Ourense A52 exit in Cañiza and then in direction to Arbo - Portugal

     

    GPS Coordinates:  42° 6'39.28"N  8°15'27.68"W

  • Museum

  • Espaço Memória e Fronteira

    Rua Loja Nova

    4960-558 Melgaço

    Telephone: (00351) 251418106

    E-mail: melgaco.museus@cm-melgaco

    Site: www.cm-melgaco.pt

  • Melgaço Museus: 2,50€ (válido por 6 meses); Bilhete único: 1€

  • April to September (Monday to Sunday): 9.30 a.m to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; October to March (Monday to Sunday): 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

  • Monday

  • Yes