List of museums in Timor-Leste

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Timor-Leste is home to a number of museums, including the Timorese Resistance Archive and Museum and Centro Nacional Chega! in Dili, the capital, and the Balibo Fort Veterans' Museum in Balibo, Bobonaro Municipality. [1] [2] [3] Regional museums were established in four of Timor-Leste's municipalities in the early 2020s. [4]

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Plans for the creation of a national museum and cultural center have been in development since 2010. [1] [5] In 2022, Timor-Leste's parliament allocated US$2.2 million for the project. [6]

Museums

Institution [7] LocationMunicipalityOpenedRef.
Aileu Memorial Municipal Museum Aileu Aileu 2022 [4]
Balibo Fort Veterans' Museum Balibo Bobonaro 2022 [3]
Bobonaro Memorial Municipal Museum Maliana Bobonaro 2023 [4]
Centro Nacional Chega! Dili Dili 2016 [2]
Cova Lima Memorial Resistance Municipal Museum Suai Cova Lima 2021 [4] [8]
Dare Memorial Museum Dare Dili 2009 [9]
Galeria Memória Viva Dili Dili 2022 [10]
Timorese Resistance Archive and Museum Dili Dili 2005 [1]
Xanana Gusmão Reading Room Dili Dili 2000 [11]
Viqueque Memorial Municipal Museum Kraras Viqueque 2021 [4]

Defunct museums

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Documentary Heritage of Timor Leste: Survey of Selected Memory Institutions (PDF). Jakarta: UNESCO. 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Centro Nacional Chega, IP's Board of Directors' new members Swearing in". Government of Timor-Leste. 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  3. 1 2 Martins, Filomeno (2022-05-01). "Ruak and Australian Ambassador inaugurate Museum of Veterans of Fort Balibo". TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Fraga, Raimundo Sarmento (2024-03-10). "4 Managers of Municipal Memorial Museums thanked CNC I.P for the Training Provided". Chega!. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  5. ↑ "Timor-Leste Art and Culture: Future Timor-Leste Museum and Cultural Centre". Government of Timor-Leste. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  6. ↑ de Deus, Isaura Lemos (2022-12-14). "Timor-Leste vai criar Museu Nacional para salvaguardar património cultural" [Timor-Leste to create National Museum to safeguard cultural heritage]. TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  7. ↑ Facts about the Smithsonian Institution. newsdesk.si.edu (Pressroom of the Smithsonian Institution). Retrieved February 19, 2011
  8. ↑ Teles, Celestina da Carvalho (2021-12-08). "Muzeu memoriál rezisténsia iha Covalima sei prezerva istória 1974-1999" [Memorial resistance museum in Covalima will preserve 1974-1999 history]. TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste (in Tetum). Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  9. ↑ "Dare Memorial History". Dare Memorial Museum, Timor-Leste. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  10. ↑ Bello, Rafael (2022-11-29). "FOTO ATUÁL: Inaugurasaun Galeria Memória Viva" [Current Photos: Galeria Memória Viva Inauguration]. TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste (in Tetum). Retrieved 2025-04-02.
  11. ↑ "About Us". Xanana Gusmão Reading Room. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  12. ↑ Kreps, Christina (2013-04-15). Liberating Culture: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Museums, Curation and Heritage Preservation. Routledge. p. 25. ISBN   978-1-135-13306-1.
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