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Overcoming Distance

17 May 2005 @ 10:00 - 31 December 2050 @ 18:00

Vencer a Distância

Overcoming Distance – Five Centuries of Communications in Portugal.

The exhibition recounts the history of communications in Portugal over five centuries of technical evolution and improvement.

We discover how heads of state from various eras and nations, as well as great manor and clergy houses, used all of the resources available to overcome distance and communicate more quickly and efficiently. Organised chronologically, it aims to document and reveal the history of the sector via recourse to unique Portuguese collections whose origins date back to the first museum of communications in 1877, then known as the Museo Postal.

From the establishment of a public postal service (16th century) to telecommunication networks and infrastructure, information systems, internet, mobility and media, Overcoming Distance is also enriched by a philately section with iconic stamp issues and original drawings by some of the artists who have marked the history of stamps in Portugal.

The exhibition follows a step-by-step process that highlights the importance of the post and telecommunications in transforming our daily lives and the economic and social development of communities, countries and territories.

 

Details

Start:
17 May 2005 @ 10:00
End:
31 December 2050 @ 18:00
Event Category:

Venue

Museu das Comunicações

Organiser

Museu das Comunicações