Located near the port of Setúbal, in one of the oldest areas of the city with a breathtaking view of the
magnificent estuary of the River Sado and the Troia Peninsula is the Museum of
Work - Michell Giacometti.
The museum is located in an old canning factory, the
Perienes, which was acquired by the municipality of Setúbal in 1991. There is
open to the public an important collection: the ethnographic collection of own
Michel Giacometti and related parts traditional professions of maritime
activity , shipbuilding, agricultural work and canning industry.
The main objective of this space is the preservation and
dissemination of the world of work techniques. There is a space for temporary
exhibitions and permanent exhibitions. In the space of permanent exhibitions we
can find the "Mercearia Liberdade - A heritage to safeguard." This is
the reconstitution of a Lisbon grocery store from the early twentieth century,
whose estate provided by the owners the Municipality of Setúbal.
Accessibility
For blind people, there is a folder with documents in
Braille organized by the Accessibility Group in Museums. This document can be
requested at the reception.
The design of the building was taken into account the issue
of accessibility, essentially motor. So there are ramps, one lift with sufficiently wide doors
for wheelchairs and prams. And the doors of the different technical spaces are
twofold. For budgetary reasons the museum don´t have a audio guide system.
Michel Giacometti,
Michel Giacometti was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, in
1929. During his adolescence discovers his taste for writing and the arts,
founding various journals.
In 1956, after completing a BA and Ethnology at the
Sorbonne, he began a campaign aimed at collecting ethnographic elements of the
Mediterranean islands, which he never concluded.
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| Source:lounge.obviousmag.org |
His connection to Portugal is done by his wife, Isabel
Ribeiro. In 1959, establish themselves in our country. Michel immediately began to work in the collection of sound recordings and other
ethnographic pieces of our country. Of all the works which brings greater
visibility is the "People still Sings" program aired in 1970, the RTP
(Portuguese Radio and Television Broadcasting).
In 1985 the Portuguese Government acquires the sound files
of Michel Giacometti’s. 1987 the french ethnographer dies and is buried in the
Alentejo town of Perogurada, Beja district.
Contacts:
Largo dos
Defensores da República,
2910 Setúbal,
Portugal
Phone: (+351) 265 537 888
Sources:
www.mnetnologia.wordpress.com
Special thanks:
Jean-Jaques Pardete Museum of Work Michel Giacometti
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