Biography

Jorge Custódio was born in Santarém (1947). He studied at the Liceu Nacional Sá da Bandeira and graduated from the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon. He was an Assistant Lecturer at this University (1977-1981) and at the School of Economics of the NOVA University Lisbon (1981-1986). From 1989, he was a member of the staff of the Cultural Heritage management until his retirement. He was a guest assistant at the Colégio António Verney, University of Évora. He obtained his PhD from the University of Évora in 2008. In 2004, he was invited to teach Industrial Archaeology in the Archaeology Degree of the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, where he was an Invited Assistant Professor. He also taught Industrial Museology.

He directed the Municipal Project of the application of Santarém to World Heritage (1994-2002), the Convent of Christ (2002-2007) and the National Railway Museum (2009-2011). He has curated several exhibitions, including Arqueologia Industrial: Um Mundo a Conhecer um Mundo a Defender (Central Tejo, Lisbon: 1985), A Indústria do Vidro na Perspectiva da Arqueologia Industrial (Stephens Palace, Marinha Grande: 1989), 100 Anos do Património. Portugal 1910-2010. Memória e Identidade (D. Luís Gallery, Ajuda Palace: 2010), De Albergaria a Constância: 130 da Fábrica de Celulose do Caima (Casa Camões, Constância 2018-2019).

Research fields

• Industrial archaeology
• Cultural and industrial heritage
• History of the glass industry
• Museology

Selected publications

• Custódio, Jorge. Celulose da Caima, 130 Anos. Inovação e Resiliência. Constância: Caima-Indústria de Celulose, S.A., 2022. [PDF]🔓
• Custódio, Jorge. “Renascença” Artística e Práticas de Conservação e Restauro Arquitectónico em Portugal, Durante a I República. Fundamentos e Antecedentes. Vale de Cambra: Caleidoscópio, 2012.
• Custódio, Jorge. “Renascença” Artística e Práticas de Conservação e Restauro Arquitectónico em Portugal, Durante a I República. Património da Nação. Vale de Cambra: Caleidoscópio, 2013.
• Custódio, Jorge. A Real Fábrica de Vidros de Coina [1719-1747] e o vidro em Portugal nos séculos XVII e XVIII: Aspectos históricos, tecnológicos e arqueológicos. Lisbon: Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico, 2002.
• Custódio, Jorge (Coord.). Santarém, Cidade do Mundo [2 Volumes]. Santarém: Câmara Municipal de Santarém, 1996.

Main projects

• Coordinator of the project for the valorisation of the municipal heritage of the former Marinha Grande Glass Factory and historical-archaeological and heritage study — Funded by the Marinha Grande Municipality.
• Coordinator of the project “A Era do Vapor em Portugal” [The Age of Steam in Portugal] — Hosted by the IHC and funded by the EDP Foundation. 2012-2024
• Coordinator of the project “De Albergaria a Constância: 130 da Fábrica de Celulose do Caima” [From Albergaria to Constância: 130 from the Caima Pulp Mill] — Funded by Caima-Indústria de Celulose, S.A.