Highlight - Civil Government Document Official registry of the correspondence with various authorities of the Kingdom, Liv. 94 (1854-1875), p. 24 to 26 Document produced in 1854-55 challenging furthermore the study on the progress and development of primary education in the district of Funchal around the mid-nineteenth century. Please consult here. [...]
150 Years over the birth of Raul Brandão (1867-1930) The ABM celebrates the birth anniversary of a remarkable writer with a biobibliography exhibition in the General Reading Room. This exhibit includes information on Raul Brandão’s life and work, with a special highlight on his book “As Ilhas Desconhecidas” [...]
New search tool available The German School of Funchal From now on, ABM has another search tool available - Inventory Archives Collection of the German School of Funchal, which incorporates documents from 1933 to 1978. This small nucleus is another contribution to the history of education in Madeira, particularly, to the history [...]
New Children’s & Youth Room Agenda – January/March 2017
The 500 years of the Portuguese "Cancioneiro Geral" This year is celebrated the 5th centenary of the printed edition of the Portuguese Cancioneiro Geral (General Songbook), compiled by Garcia de Resende, who was responsible, in 1516, for the edition of the 1st printed poetry collection in Portugal. This work gathers most [...]
ABM and the William Hinton & Sons, Lda – Deposit contract agreement for the future donation of the Hinton Mill collection The Arquivo Regional e Biblioteca Pública da Madeira (ABM) signed a donation agreement with the William Hinton & Sons, Lda, which authorises the official deposit of the former records of [...]
Public release of the book: “Arquivos de Escritores e Investigadores Madeirenses” & opening of a documentary exhibition The brand new edition of ABM, “Arquivos de Escritores e Investigadores Madeirenses” by the authors Maria Mónica Teixeira and Fátima Barros, on Archives from Madeiran writers and researchers, was released on the [...]
ABM receives photograph archives from the former photo studio “Foto Londres” The Arquivo Regional e Biblioteca Pública da Madeira (ABM) signed a donation agreement with the former Photogragh studio – “Foto Londres”. The ceremony took place on the 23rd of November at 5.00pm at the ABM auditorium with the presence of [...]
Consultation of bibliographic species in the Archives and Reserved Collections Reading Room As from Monday, November 14, all readers who attend the Archives & Reserved Collections Reading Room (2nd floor) may also request and consult any other bibliographic material available in ABM’s collection, not having, as previously, to change their location [...]
Isabel Minhós Martins at ABM World Book Day 2017 The new ABM project "Conversations with a Writer" aims to bring to Madeira many authors of reference in the field of literature and challenge local schools to work on different aspects of their work. In 2017 a special emphasis will [...]