Annual Events
Oranjefeest
Oranjefeest is a Dutch festival in honor of the royal family, which is celebrated in April as “Queen’s Day”, a date marked by the birthday of Princess Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands until the 1980s.
In 2013, Queen Beatrix passed the throne to her son Willem-Alexander, and from then on, “Queen’s Day” became “King’s Day”.
In Castrolanda, “Queen’s Day” was officially established in 2000. The festival is held outdoors, all day long on Rua do Moinho, in front of the Dutch Immigration Memorial. The event offers many stalls with activities similar to those held in the Netherlands, such as handicrafts, typical foods, and the sale of clothes, toys, and plants. There are also performances by folklore groups and choirs. Students from the Evangelical School, charitable organizations, self-employed professionals, and companies from the region, as well as the community in general, participate.
In 2025, the party will be on April 276h, from 10am to 4pm.
National Museum Week
The Week is a cultural season coordinated by the Brazilian Institute of Museums (Ibram) that takes place every year in celebration of International Museum Day – May 18.
Each year, Icom (International Council of Museums) launches a different theme to celebrate this date, which is also the guiding motto of the activities of Museum Week.
Objetivos
- Promote, publicize and value Brazilian museums.
- Increase the visiting public.
- Strengthen the relationship between museums and society.
Impacts
- Strengthening the museum’s image.
- Increased visibility of the museum.
- Greater involvement of the museum with the community.
- Increase in audience.
- Encouragement of new cultural activities throughout the year.
- Motivation for proposals for new projects and activities.
- Reinforcement of the importance of the institution in relation to public administration and local companies.
- Integration with other museums in the country.
- Boosting the local economy.
Find out more at: www.eventos.museus.gov.br
Museum Spring
Spring is a cultural season coordinated by Ibram that takes place every year at the beginning of the season of the same name.
Each year, Ibram launches a different theme to guide the museums’ activities.
Objectives
- Promote, publicize and value Brazilian museums
- Increase the number of visitors
- Strengthen the relationship between museums and society.
Enchanted Christmas
The community of Castrolanda offers a major tourist attraction to the Campos Gerais region during the period leading up to the end-of-year festivities. In December, the Memorial da Imigração Holandes, decorated with light hoses, becomes a stage for performances by several guest choirs and institutions, who perform Christmas carols. This is the Enchanted Christmas of Castrolanda, which fills the hearts of hundreds of visitors with tenderness and emotion, who gather every night to applaud, sing and be moved by the children’s voices projected from the windows of the Mill, outlined by the light of thousands of lamps.
