Museum on the Verge of Change. Digital as an obstacle or opportunity.

Alexandre Matos holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s in Museology from the University of Porto (Portugal). He is currently Director of the Research and Training Department of Sistemas do Futuro, Lda.

He was the project manager for ICOM Portugal in the Mu.SA - Museum Sector Alliance project, he is also a researcher at CITCEM – Transdisciplinary Research Centre «Culture, Space and Memory» and also he was the Editor at the CIDOC board. He is also a member of the SPECTRUM PT project and a SPECTRUM champion in the Portuguese-speaking community. Alexandre is currently the chair of the CIDOC working group on Exhibition and Performance Documentation.

He always liked museums, but he totally fell in love with them when he first worked in one and realised the interesting stories he could tell from an object as simple as a portrait. He works on museum documentation because it is the most effective way to keep those stories alive.