Museu Etnográfico da Praia, Ethnographic museum in Plateau district, Praia, Cape Verde.
Museu Etnográfico da Praia is an ethnographic museum housed in a 19th-century colonial building on Rua 5 de Julho. Inside are traditional objects, tools, and everyday items that document life across four Cape Verdean islands.
The museum opened on 5 October 1997, becoming the country's first ethnographic museum. It occupies a 19th-century house that already appears on a city plan of 1840. After two years of renovation work, it reopened to the public in 2007.
The collection shows pottery, textiles, and baskets that reflect the craftsmanship of four Cape Verdean islands. These objects reveal how people on Santiago, Santo Antão, Boavista, and Brava shaped their everyday lives and work.
The museum stands at 45 Rua 5 de Julho in the Plateau, Praia's historic quarter, in a house that already appears on an 1840 city plan. It reopened to the public in 2007 after two years of renovation work, so the displays date from that refurbishment.
The building appears on a city plan of Praia drawn in 1840, which predates its use as a museum by more than 150 years. After two years of renovation work, the museum reopened to the public in 2007. It was the first ethnographic museum in Cape Verde.
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