On 27, 28 and 29 January 2026, Vila Nova de Foz Côa hosted the 22nd International Meeting of Prehistoric Art...
As an immense open-air gallery, the Côa Valley features more than a thousand outcrops with rock art, identified in over 80 different sites, predominantly from the Upper Paleolithic, some 30.000 years ago
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Scenes from the daily lives of Paleolithic Artists from the Côa Valley
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News & Highlights
Côa Museum hosted a meeting of Ciência Viva School Clubs
The Côa Museum – Ciência Viva Centre welcomed the teams from the Ciência Viva School Clubs it supports on 11...
New Rock Art Discoveries in the Côa Valley
In 2025, archaeological surveys carried out by the Côa Parque Foundation identified more than twenty previously unrecorded rock surfaces bearing...
Documentation campaign at Ribeira de Piscos revealed previously unknown rock art motifs
In July 2025, a rock art documentation campaign took place at Ribeira de Piscos, in partnership between the Côa Parque...
“O Nosso Património” Project Received Two Distinctions in 2025
The “School Subject: Our Heritage” project, developed by the Côa Parque Foundation in collaboration with school clusters in the region,...
Côa Valley Participated in the 2nd Ibero-American Meeting of Rock Art Site Managers
The Côa Valley participated in the 2nd Ibero-American Meeting of Managers of Rock Art Sites inscribed on the World Heritage...
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Exhibitions
A Leap in Time
Time is a dimension invented by humanity to explain a phenomenon of which we are merely spectators.
One Ursa Minor – Maria Sottomayor
One Ursa Minor One Ursa Minor brings together a collection of paintings and objects in which image, word and...
Poetics of Light – The Revelation of Colour
For the celebration of European Day of Prehistoric Rock Art, the Côa Museum is opening the exhibition *Poetics of Light –...
Parte do Chão
TEXT BY CARLOTA BÓIA NETO Between valleys and ridges that embrace the Côa River, time shapes the landscape. Its...
Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape
The Impacto Social Art Gallery, which is launching its first pilot event on 13 June 2026 with the aim of...
Estórias da Casa e do Plantio
Estórias da Casa e do Plantio Project by Patrícia Geraldes for public space intervention Curated by Eduarda Neves The project...
Museu Nacional Grão Vasco Tributo às Gravuras do Vale do Rio Côa
In 1995, Portugal experienced a defining moment in its cultural history. The discovery of the Côa Valley Rock Art –...
