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Books on wheels

In 1953, the writer Branquinho Fonseca started a mobile library, which consisted of a trailer pulled by his own car. This intriguing experience began before the much loved Calouste Gulbenkian Itinerant Libraries, which, from 1958, made reading available to the most vulnerable areas in Portugal. As Lisbon was not part of the Foundation’s itinerary, and wishing to take books and reading to all the people, the Lisbon City Council took it upon itself, in 1961, to establish its own Itinerant Library Service.

Half a century later, the Itinerant Library currently consists of a 7-meter van, equipped with shelves, storage benches, folding and extendable tables, computers, WI-Fi and a reception counter, and is regularly visited and welcomed by several parishes in the city, having become an integral part of the routine of its people.

Besides the parishes it visits and pursuing the objectives established when it was first conceived, the Library also regularly serves the vulnerable, taking for example the partnership it holds with the Prisons, the Navarro da Paiva Education Centre, the Lisbon Psychiatric Hospital, Auroa Radio, Júlio de Matos Hospital, or the Lisbon Heath Complex.

We are the Itinerant Library and, as it was in the past, we continue to take books and dreams, on wheels, to all those who welcome us. Thank you!

Main Services

Photo Gallery

Location

Contacts

  •  Phone: 218 170 542
  •  Email: bib.itinerantes@cm-lisboa.pt
  •  Rua Maria Violante Vieira, Zona F, Edifício B, Lotes 9 e 10, Loja 2 e 3, 1500-350 Lisboa

Schedule

Day 10 – Galinheiras (Rua Maluda)
· 10:00 -12:00 – EB1 Maria da Luz de Deus Ramos
· 15:00-17:30 – Público em geral

Day 12 – CAEM Santa Bárbara
· 15:00 – 17:00 – Centro de Alojamento de Emergência Municipal de Santa Bárbara

Day 13 – Ameixoeira (Jardim de Santa Clara)
· 10:00 -12:00 – EB1 Eurico Gonçalves
· 14:30-17:30 – Participação em Oficina Vidas e Memórias Alta de Lisboa – Biblioteca Maria Keil

Day 14 – Galinheiras (Largo)
· 10:00 – 12:00 – CSP Galinheiras (Centro de Dia)

Day 17 – Ameixoeira (Jardim de Santa Clara)
· 10:00 – 12:00 – Público em geral
· 14:00-15:00 – CSP Ameixoeira (Centro de Dia)

Day 18 – Galinheiras (Rua Maluda)
· 10:00 – 12:00 – EB1 Galinheiras
· 15:00-17:30 – Público em geral

Day 19 – Charneca (Azinhaga do Reguengo)
· 10:00 – 12:00 – Centro Desenvolvimento Comunitário da Charneca
· 15:00 – 17:00 – CAEM Santa Bárbara

Day 20 – Campo das Amoreiras – Quinta Alegre, Lugar de Cultura
· 10:00 -12:00 – Centro Infantil Dr. António da Costa Leal
· 15:00-17:30 – Público em geral

Day 21 – Campo das Amoreiras – Quinta Alegre, Lugar de Cultura
· 10:00 -12:00 – Centro Infantil Dr. António da Costa Leal

Day 24 – Ameixoeira (Jardim de Santa Clara / Rua Artur Ramos)
· 10:00 – 12:00 – Público em geral
· 15:00 – 17:30 – Ass. A PAR

Day 26 – CAEM Santa Bárbara
· 14:30 – 15:30 – CAEM Santa Bárbara no Museu da Marioneta

Day 27 – Campo das Amoreiras – Quinta Alegre, Lugar de Cultura
· 10:00 -12:00 – ERPI Quinta Alegre
· 14:30-17:30 – Participação na Oficina Vidas e Memórias Alta de Lisboa – Biblioteca Maria Keil

Day 29 – Jardim da Biblioteca Palácio Galveias
· a partir das 16h00 – IndieLisboa

NOTA: Poderá haver alteração de datas ou de locais por motivos que nos são alheios.

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