The next visit will take place on 27 May at 10:00 and 15:00.

- The Garden, designed by Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles

- The ‘Maria Barroso: 100 Years’ exhibition

Free entry by <a href="https://forms.gle/fC7gjmeMbrw2fg529">appointment</a>.

Mário Soares Centenary

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Guided tours to the Foundation in May

The first international event of the project FREI – From Resistance to European Integration will take place in Vienna on 27 and 28 May 2025. Programme <a href="https://www.foster-europe.org/konferenzen/first-international-event-kick-off-meeting-of-the-frei-project">here</a>.

This initiative, funded by the European Union's CERV – Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme, brings together partners from Austria, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Romania to promote dialogue on the historical transitions to democracy and the construction of a European citizenship rooted in human rights.

Over the course of two days, the programme will feature presentations by experts, historical witnesses and civil society representatives, as well as a remembrance tour through key sites in Vienna. Discussions will address the different national experiences of resistance against authoritarian regimes and paths towards European integration, while also reflecting on contemporary challenges to democracy in Europe.

The Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation will take part in the event with a delegation of six participants, bringing its experience in democratic memory and youth engagement. As part of the project, the Foundation will develop a national path focused on the Carnation Revolution, the legacy of colonialism, and post-colonial migration, with particular emphasis on engaging young people from post-colonial backgrounds.

The FREI project runs until March 2027 and will conclude with a final conference at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

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First International Event and Kick-off Meeting – FREI – From Resistance to European Integration

The conference ‘An Atlanticist vision of Portuguese foreign policy: the legacy of Mário Soares and the challenges of the future’, part of the cycle of conferences on the centenary of Mário Soares, will take place on 27 May 2025, between 5.30pm and 8.30pm, in the FLAD auditorium in Lisbon.

The event will feature speeches by Nuno Severiano Teixeira, General João Vieira Borges, António Vitorino and David Castaño, moderated by journalist Luísa Meireles.

Admission is free, subject to <a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=G5R_SJTGs0CcFjV1q82EHNisOd9hDalPgpjYu2JtvmlUNTBXS0QzSUo2VkpVVzBRQ1hBT1UzQ0tWMC4u&amp;route=shorturl">prior registration</a>.

The initiative, promoted by the Diplomatic Institute, is part of the Mário Soares Centenary commemorations programme.

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Conference ‘An Atlanticist vision of Portuguese foreign policy: the legacy of Mário Soares and the challenges of the future’

The exhibition ‘Mário Soares: 100 Years’ will be on show at the Dr Vieira de Carvalho Basic and Secondary School in Maia between 31 March and 4 April 2025.

This exhibition showcases the life of Mário Soares, his thoughts, interests and values, his struggle and action for freedom and democracy, and his national and international legacy. 

The initiative is part of the Mário Soares Centenary commemorations programme.

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Mário Soares: 100 Years’ exhibition at Dr Vieira de Carvalho Basic and Secondary School

The exhibition ‘Mário Soares: 100 Years’ will be on show at the Ferreira de Castro Basic and Secondary School, Oliveira de Azeméis, between 26 and 30 May 2025.

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Mário Soares: 100 Years’ exhibition at Ferreira de Castro Basic and Secondary School

The exhibition ‘Mário Soares: 100 Years’ will be on display at the Mouzinho da Silveira Secondary School, Portalegre, between 26 and 30 May 2025.

Mário Soares: 100 Years’ exhibition at Mouzinho da Silveira Secondary School

The award of the Medal of Honour of the Portuguese Society of Authors to the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation will take place on May 22, as part of the commemorations of Portuguese Authors' Day and the Centenary of the SPA.

The ceremony will begin at 5pm with the launch of the ‘100 Years of the Portuguese Society of Authors’ philatelic issue, followed by the presentation of the Medals of Honour.

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Award of the SPA Medal of Honour to the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation

The Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation will be holding a webinar on digitising 35 mm transparencies on 22 May at 5pm (<a href="https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/93946132169">https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/93946132169</a>).

Target audience: Professionals from archives, libraries and museums involved in digitisation processes; technicians and service providers in the field of digital reproduction; students and researchers with an interest in the subject.

Speaker: António Coelho, Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation

Registration: <a href="mailto:geral@fmsoaresbarroso.pt">geral@fmsoaresbarroso.pt</a>&nbsp;

Today, the digital reproduction of opaque documents is supported by well-established international standards, stable technologies and accessible technical guidelines. However, the digital reproduction of transparent originals - such as negatives and slides - continues to present specific challenges, requiring more experimental approaches and constantly evolving methodologies

This webinar explores the technical and operational challenges associated with the mass digitisation of transparent media, taking as an example an emblematic archive of journalistic photography from the last quarter of the 20th century (the archive of photojournalist Carlos Gil). The focus will be on transparencies in 35mm format, in their most common formats: Black and White Negative, Colour Negative, Colour Positive (slides).

Rather than proposing universal solutions, we share the practical experience developed at the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation, the obstacles faced and the paths found to achieve the main goal: producing authentic and accessible digital duplicates, without compromising the integrity of the originals, and guaranteeing their future reuse in different contexts.

The initiative is part of the project ‘See before you shoot. The revolutions in Latin America and Portugal through the lens of photojournalist Carlos Gil’, funded under the Iberarquivos programme.

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