Introduction

International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts

Société Internationale des Bibliothèques et des Musées des Arts du Spectacle

Introduction

Vítor Pavão dos Santos, National Theatre Museum

Documentation des Arts du Spectacle dans une Société en Mutation / Documentation of Performing Arts in a Changing Society
Société Internationale des Bibliothèques et des Musées des Arts du Spectacle / International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts

19ème Congrès International, Lisbonne 7-11 septembre 1991 / 19th International Congress, Lisbon 7-11 September 1992

Ed.: José Carlos Alvarez. Lisboa : 1994, p. 7

The Congress

SIBMAS' nineteenth World Congress took place in Lisbon on 7-11 September 1992. It was hosted and arranged by the National Theatre Museum, but the Congress was held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

It was funding support from the State Secretary of Cultural Affairs and the Portuguese Institute of Museums; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Eugénio de Almeida Foundation - (Évora), Lisbon City Council, Évora City Council and Portuguese Society of Authors.

Taking part in the Congress were 68 delegates from 20 countries.

Mrs. Simonetta Luz Afonso, Director of the Portuguese Institute of Museums, opened the Congress on Monday 7th September.

The invited lecturers, Mlle. Cécile Giteau, Dr. Luiz Francisco Rebello, Mrs. Lisbeth Grandjean, Prof.a Margarida Acciaiuoli and Prof. José Oliveira Barata, opened the Congress proceedings, which then continued with the following programme:

Monday (13:00) Lunch at the Centre of Modern Art Restaurant, offered by the ACARTE/Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
(15:00): Papers by Joseph-Angel Gomez, Tomek Kitlinki (the lecture was delivered by Manuel Pérez) and Manuel Pérez.
(18:00) A visit to the National Theatre Museum, followed by a reception.

Tuesday (9:30) Papers by Richard Buck, Jane Pritchard, Gaby Wijers and Willem Rodenhuis.
(13:00) Lunch offered by the Lisbon City Council.
(14:00) Papers by André Veinstein, Marie-Françoise Christout, Nöelle Guibert, Nicole Leclercq and Marie-Claude Billard.

Wednesday (8:30) As it is traditional at SIBMAS' congresses, Wednesday was devoted entirely to an excursion and social activity. The participants travelled by bus to Évora where they visited the historical places of the town and the Garcia de Resende Theatre.

Thursday (9:30) Reunion of the permanent committee.
(13:00) Lunch at the São Luiz Municipal Theatre offered by the Lisbon City Council.
(14:30) A visit to the São Carlos National Theatre (Opera House) and to the D. Maria II National Theatre.

Friday (9:30) General Assembly of SIBMAS. Closing of the Congress.
(13:00) Lunch offered by the Portuguese Society of Authors.

Secretariat of the Congress: Madalena Parreira, Margarida Bicas, Margarida Palhinha, Catarina Moura, Guida Bruno and Paulo Jorge Fonseca.

To the printing of the Congress proceedings, most of the typing was done by Guida Bruno and a large part of the material was proof-read by João Luis Moura and Margarida Palhinha.

Many thanks to all who made this congress a reality.

Lisbon, May 1994