Cultural equipment for public and private management, from various locations, will be closed on Wednesday, due to adverse weather forecasts for that day in Portugal, including the passage of depression Charles, announced several entities.
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10/11/2026
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Lusa
ANDcultural quipamentos of public and private management, from various locations, will be closed on Wednesday, due to adverse weather forecasts for that day in Portugal, including the passage of depression Charles, announced several entities.
Continental Portugal is on alert between 00:00 and 23:59 Wednesday, due to the possible worsening of the state of time with the arrival of depression Charles, it is expected that Lisbon, Leiria, Setúbal, Beja and Faro will be the most affected regions.
The closures of various equipments, a little throughout the country, were announced throughout today, through communications sent to the editorials, or published on the ‘sites’ or on the pages of spaces on social networks.
In Lisbon, in addition to the Museums and Monuments of state management, there are also 25 cultural spaces of municipal management, in charge of Lisbon Cultura – EGEAC, including the MUDE – Museum of Design, Fado Museum, the Castle of São Jorge, the Pattern of Discoveries, the Museum of Aljube, the Museum Bordalo Pinheiro, the Pavilion Julião Sarmento and the Roman Theatre.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has also decided to close all buildings (where the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, the CAM-Center of Modern Art and the Art Library) and the Garden are located.
The same decision took place at MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, the Museum of the East, the Portuguese Cinemateca, which closes all services (ANIM, library, bookstore and restaurant), José Saramago Foundation, Broteria and the Guavotas Cultural Pole, among others.
Still in Lisbon, the closing of the Tivoli Theatre led to the postponement of the concert of the singer Luísa Sobral to 29 November. At the Teatro Maria Matos, the presentation of the play “Cock”, scheduled for Wednesday, passes to December 9. The session of the show “Festa”, at the National Theatre D. Maria II, is cancelled.
In Porto, Serralves Foundation decided to close access to the Park on Wednesday, keeping the Museum open.
Still in the ‘undefeated city’, the Portuguese Photography Center (CCF) opted for closure, such as Culturgest, which will remain closed also on Thursday.
The Theatre of Figures, in Faro, and the Teatro Municipal da Guarda will also close, thus canceling all activities scheduled for Wednesday in those equipments.
At the Viriato Theatre in Viseu, the staged reading of the project “Night Out”, scheduled for Wednesday, is postponed to Thursday.
The Figueira da Foz Centre for Arts and Shows also opted for the postponement, but a film session, of the film “Parallel Stories”, by Asghar Farhadi, which will be shown on November 25.
The activities of the 50th CINANIMA – International Espinho Animation Film Festival scheduled for Wednesday are cancelled, since the Centro Multimios de Espinho will be closed.
The museums and cultural spaces managed by Cascais City Hall, as well as the monuments managed by Sintra-Monte da Lua Parks (PSML) will also be closed on Wednesday.
In Cascais are closed, among others, the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, the Lighthouse Museum of Santa Marta and the Cultural Center of Cascais.
In Sintra will not open to the public the park and National Pena Palace, the Convent of the Capuchos, the lighthouse of the Cape of the Roca, the park and the Palace of Monserrate and the gardens and the National Palace of Queluz, among others.
The monuments and archaeological sites under the management of Cultural Heritage – Public Institute will also be closed on Wednesday.
The long list of equipment under the management of the Cultural Heritage includes monuments and sites such as the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (Coimbra), the Monastery of São Bento de Cástris (Évora), the Monastery of São Martinho de Tibães (Braga), the Mother Church of Torre de Moncorvo, the Gruta do Escoural (Montemor-o-Novo) and the Domus Municipalis (Bragança).
According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), on Wednesday, “the occurrence of heavy rain or shower periods, strong wind, with bursts that can reach 120 kilometers/hour and, in case of formation of the phenomenon ‘sting jet’ (air current that quickly descends within an extratropical depression, accelerating towards the surface), exceed 150 kilometers/hour”.
Red weather warnings (the maximum level) were issued for the continent, for Wednesday, and also for Madeira, as of tonight.