E3. Einstein, Eddington e o Eclipse 

Curator: Ana Simões. Adaptation of the exhibition held at MUHNAC, FCUL, 29 December 2019-12 April 2020.  link

 

E3. Einstein, Eddington e o Eclipse 

Curator: Ana Simões. Adaptation of the exhibition held at MUHNAC, , 16 Setembro - 23 Outubro 2019.  link

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E3. Einstein, Eddington e o Eclipse 

Curator: Ana Simões  MUHNAC, 16 Maio – 8 Setembro 2019.

On the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the 1919 total solar 

eclipse in which two British expeditions proved Einstein right, the exhibition connected this well known event of the history of science, involving first rate figures such as Einstein and Eddington, to the national and local contexts which made the travels of the astronomers possible. The central role of Lisbon and the community of astronomers of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon was highlighted. link

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A Biblioteca dos Passeios e Arvoredos

Curator: Ana Duarte Rodrigues, BNP, 21 September-31 December 2017.

The creation, activities and main leaders of the Department of Gardens and Green Grounds of the Lisbon City Council.   link

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Tuberculose e Património 

Curators: José Carlos Avelãs Nunes; Paula Saraiva; José Luís Doria; João Duarte. Comemorações do Dia Internacional da Tuberculose e colóquio Tuberculose: história e memória, IHMT, Univ. Nova de Lisboa, September 2017.

This exhibition focuses on the Portuguese panorama of the fight against tuberculosis, in particular through its representative images. The sanatoria are the protagonists of the possible cure, through its architecture and as spaces of technoscience. The city of Lisbon is very represented, through its buildings (whether built or just designed), especially with the megalomaniac project of the Grande Sanatório de Lisboa.

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Debaixo dos nossos pés. Pavimentos Históricos de Lisboa

Curators: Lídia Fernandes, Jacinta Bugalhão and Paulo Almeida Fernandes.  Torreão Poente do Museu de Lisboa, July- September 2017.

A look at a seldom addressed urban infrastructure – the evolution of Lisbon urban pavements – in a longue-durée perspective, intermingling social, political, scientific and technological inputs. link

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Horticultura para Todos 

Curator: Ana Duarte Rodrigues, Semana das Camélias, Câmara Municipal do Porto, Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett, Porto, Portugal, 9 March – 9 Abril 2017.

The rise of horticulture in Lisbon and Porto, emphasizing main actors, audiences, institutions, spaces, events and publications. link

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A Cidade como Espaço de Utopia, Desenvolvimento e Sustentabilidade

Curators: Ana Simões and Maria Paula Diogo, Ano Internacional do Entendimento Global, Sala Multiusos da Biblioteca FCT/UNL, 16-22 November 2016.

Exploration of the two urban utopias published in 1906 in , one by the engineer Melo de Matos’ “Ciência no ano 2000” and the other by the writer Fialho de Almeida’s “Lisboa Monumental”, concerning both their visions for Lisbon and for its counterpart, an industrial city to be developed on the other side of the river Tagus. link

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Horticultura para Todos 

Curator: Ana Duarte Rodrigues, BNP, 25 May- 4 October 2016

The rise of horticulture in Lisbon and Porto, emphasizing main actors, audiences, institutions, spaces, events and publications. link