Biography

Bachelor’s degree in History, specialising in Archaeology, University of Coimbra (1989). Postgraduate degree in Cultural Affairs in Local Government, University of Coimbra (1991). She studied conservation of archaeological and ethnographic materials at the UCL Institute of Archaeology (1994–1995). Master’s degree in Museology and Heritage from NOVA University Lisbon (1997). PhD student in the History and Philosophy of Science — Museology programme at the University of Évora (2023-2025).

Curator of the Santos Rocha Municipal Museum, Figueira da Foz, Portugal (1991–2025). Head of service at the Santos Rocha Municipal Museum (2018-2022); Director of the Aveiro Museum (2004-2011); Director of the Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior Museum, Castelo Branco (1999-2004).

Research fields

• Archaeology
• Museology
• History of science
• 19th century

Selected publications

• Batista, Carlos, Ana-Margarida Ferreira & Raquel Vilaça. “Un ídolo-placa inédito del dolmen de Facho (Figueira da Foz, Portugal) en su contexto local y regional.” Cuadernos de Arqueología de la Universidad de Navarra 33 (2025): 213-240. [link] 🔓
• Ferreira, Ana Margarida & Raquel Vilaça (Coords.). Santos Rocha, Arqueologia e Territórios da Figueira da Foz. Figueira da Foz / Coimbra: Município da Figueira da Foz / Instituto de Arqueologia da Universidade de Coimbra, 2021.
• Ferreira, Ana Margarida & Raquel Vilaça, “Santos Rocha, arqueólogo de corpo inteiro e, portanto, também protector dos monumentos megalíticos da Figueira da Foz,” in Santos Rocha, Arqueologia e Territórios da Figueira da Foz, coordinated by Ana Margarida Ferreira and Raquel Vilaça, 76-95. Figueira da Foz / Coimbra: Município da Figueira da Foz / Instituto de Arqueologia da Universidade de Coimbra, 2021.
• Ferreira, Ana Margarida (Coord.). Arqueologia: colecções de Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior. Lisbon: Instituto Português de Museus, 2004.

Main projects

• “Arqueologia comparativa em museus de finais do século XIX e inícios do século XX: o Museu Municipal da Figueira da Foz como estudo de caso” [Comparative archaeology in museums of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the Municipal Museum of Figueira da Foz as a case study] — PhD thesis to be presented to the University of Évora, supervised by Elisabete Pereira (IHC — University of Évora) and Raquel Vilaça (Instituto de Arqueologia — University of Coimbra).
• Researcher in the project ‘TRANSMAT — Transnational Materialities (1850-1930): Reconstituting collections and connecting histories’ — Coordinated by Elisabete Pereira (IHC — University of Évora) and funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/FER-HFC/2793/2020). [link]