Braga Museums open at night and with free access on White Night

ANDm reported, the municipality highlights the Museum of Archaeology D. Diogo de Sousa, with the “Tour for Nature, Light of Lantern” (sext and Saturday, 20:30), in addition to the “Happy Hour in the Museum” at the end of the afternoon.

In the Cathedral of Braga, the public will have the opportunity to access spaces usually reserved for the monument, such as the Major Sacristy, the High Choir, the Varandim of the Galilee and the Courtyard About the Cloister (sext and Saturday, 15:00).

The patrimonial circuit is completed with 360o panoramic views in the Medieval Tower of the Pio XII Museum, the proposals for deceleration in the Roman Hot Springs of the High Civity, the Domus of the Old School of the See and the Fountain of the Idol.

In the Forum Arte Braga, there will be to see the exhibition “Portuguese Solares”, with a selection of Vasco Collection, bringing together works by artists such as Paula Rego, José Pedro Croft, Júlio Pomar and José de Guimarães.

The Muzeu – Thought and Contemporary Art dst welcomes the show “Let’s Be Realists, Let’s Demand the Impossible”, with more than a hundred works by 84 artists like Pablo Picasso, Helena Almeida and Julião Sarmento, counting on guided tour on Saturday at 19:00

In turn, the zet Art Gallery presents “Antilike”, individual exhibition of BECO, with guided tour on Friday, at 19:00.

In the Station Gallery, there will be to see “Along the Closed Borders”, a photographic and documentary essay by Armenian artist Lilit Danielyan.

The Nogueira da Silva Museum will have its doors open until 23:00 with the exhibitions “The Portrait in the Collection” and “At the Foot of the Sea: 80 Paintings to Oil Pastel”, by João Paulo Queiroz.

The Palace of the Ray features “Oracle 2 del Palácio Azul”, by Carmen Touza (with an extended time on Saturday until 1:00 a.m.), while the Museum of the Costume welcomes the participatory installation “Capotilla – O Museu Transborda”.

The Lúcio Craveiro da Silva Library joins the tour with the shows “Vítor Novo Vieira” and “A Look About Nature” (Rafaela Martins), the installation “Plavra Suspended”, tile workshops and moments of oral tradition.

In the Palace of Biscainhos, the highlight goes to contemporary dance “White Court” (Ent’artes), to the White Night Concert by Orpheão de Braga (Saturday, 21:30) and to the immersive workshop “In the white night... we do not want white nights” (Snooze).

For families, there are proposals such as “A Library in the Garden” and “Draw Sound” (Museum D. Diogo de Sousa), the workshop “Pedras dos Afectos” (Museum Pius XII) and the game of discovery “A Adventure in the Garden” (Museum Nogueira da Silva).

The 2026 edition of the White Night of Braga takes place from 4 to 6 September and will have two large stages installed in the Municipal Square and Central Avenue, where names like Ana Moura, Tiago Bettencourt, GNR, Fernando Daniel, Papillon, Slow J, Mizzy Miles and Anselmo Ralph will pass.

The closing of the musical programming will be in charge of Barbara Tinoco on Sunday.

On September 4th and 5th, there will be the Hopen Sunset, an initiative that marks the start of the White Night and will have as stage the Field of the Hortas.

CP – Comboios de Portugal rejoins the White Night, with promotional fares and special trains to promote and facilitate public access to the event.

There will be a special ticket to 3 euros, round trip, valid for trips on the Urban trains of Porto, from 4 to 6 September, from any station of the network and destination to Braga.

In addition to the special ticket, there will be a 30% discount on interregional and regional trains, valid for trips from 3 to 7 September, to Braga.

During the event, the offer of Porto Urban Trains service will also be reinforced.

The White Night will cause various traffic conditions, particularly in the Municipal Square and in the wide Carlos Amarante, São Paulo and Santiago.