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Fluviário de Mora is named Best Museum of 2008

Monday, 12 January 2009 21:29

The Portuguese Museum Association has named the Fluviário de Mora as Portugal’s best museum of  2008.  The Fluviário presents life on a typical Iberian river, including exhibits on some exotic species. It is located near the Açude do Gameiro, near Mora. Visitors can watch the river species, some which have already disappeared from the rivers, such as the sturgeon, and discover some species that live in other rivers of the world. The Fluviário de Mora opened in 2007 and has also won an International Architecture Award. More than 300,000 visitors have been to the museum since its opening. The Portuguese Museum Association also honored the Elvas Contemporary Art Museum and the Fundão Archeological Museum as runners up. Lisbon’s National Museum of Archeology won the prize for Best Exhibit, and the award for Best Cultural Extension service went to the Communication Museum and to the Colecção Berardo. http://www.museusportugal.org/apom/default1.htm