Project description:

The unique historical and ethnographic collection organised by Fernanda Ramos Amorim was the motto for the exhibition of the most important objects representing the art of wine. Each one reflecting the memory, culture and identity of the Demarcated Douro Region in the XIX and XX centuries, portraying in detail the various stages of Port Wine production.

A new museum in Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo has been chosen to tell this story, fulfilling the aim of preserving the memory of traditional arts and crafts and the daily habits and customs of the people of the Douro. This will enable the construction of a differentiating asset with a unique proposal for the wine tour of Quinta Nova through a more intense, more involving, more enriching, more complete, more attractive and more memorable experience.

The exhibition route in the new museum is made in a very linear manner. Conceptually, it is a contemporary space, based on the values of the farm and the family.

The collection of objects is organised into thematic spaces, using exhibition elements to unify and distribute the space.

The exhibition space is divided into eight thematic areas ranging from Viticulture, the Winery, the Lab and Tasting Room, the Cooperage, Bottling and Port Wine production and the 250 years of History of Quinta Nova. Each area incorporates various representative objects through different museum resources.

The installed exhibition furniture has the fundamental objective of presenting the collection and at the same time ensuring the functional character of the space, highlighting certain iconic objects of the collection, which are transformed into environmental scenography related to each of the exhibition nuclei presented.

The remaining collection will be presented under different exhibition forms, which include artistic installations or more conventional forms, as a way of creating an exhibition dynamic.