On 19 June, the club organised a guided tour of the S. Miguel de Odrinhas Museum and the Air Museum. The tour began in the crypt, which houses the only three Etruscan sarcophagi in Portugal. Weighing around half a tonne each, they originate from the Monserrate Gardens, where a century and a half of exposureContinue reading “A visit to the Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas and the Air Museum”
Monthly Archives: June 2026
Guided tour of the ‘Art & Fashion’ exhibition at Gulbenkian
On 15 June, the Club organised a guided tour of the ‘Art & Fashion’ exhibition. An exhibition in which 100 works of art from the Gulbenkian Collection (ranging from Ancient Egypt and Japan to Chinese porcelain and paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Monet, Degas and Carpaccio, amongst others) intersect and dialogue with 140 haute couture fashionContinue reading “Guided tour of the ‘Art & Fashion’ exhibition at Gulbenkian”
Tea at the CMN with Dr Laurinda Alves
On 27 May, a tea party was held at the Naval Military Club, attended by Dr Laurinda Alves, who spoke to us about her experience as a journalist, writer and university lecturer over the years, about supporting what is now referred to as ‘older age’, and about how important social interaction is at this stageContinue reading “Tea at the CMN with Dr Laurinda Alves”