Culture thrives in Porto, and so does the city!

When culture is set as a main pillar of governance, the social impact is tremendous as the economy benefits and neighbourhoods build on sustainability, diversity, and equity by means of the arts. 

Porto allocates EUR 15.4 million for Culture in the Municipal Budget for 2020.

Rui Moreira and his team have announced the largest-ever Municipal budget for culture in Porto: EUR 15.4 million.

The 2020 fiscal year allocation supports Porto Municipal Theatre, the Municipal Gallery and the Cultura em Expansão Municipal Programme, whose management is now under the Ágora Municipal Company; also, the work to be performed by the GO Porto includes interventions in the Cinema Batalha, the Municipal Public Library of Porto and the establishment of several museum spaces, namely the new Museum of Contemporary Nature (Bonjóia), and the Municipal Record Library, in Campanhã.

It is worth highlighting, once again, that Rui Moreira was the only Mayor to have set out Culture as a priority in the country, because when culture thrives, the city thrives as well.