The Art Explora Festival is an open-access traveling cultural festival, developed in collaboration with local institutions across the Mediterranean to offer unique cultural and artistic experiences to all audiences. The festival takes place on board the world’s first museum ship, as well as on the quays and in the host cities. From spring 2024 to spring 2026, the festival will travel to over 15 countries in the Mediterranean.

The Art Explora Festival is an itinerant festival that travels the seas and oceans, offering innovative artistic and cultural experiences free of charge. The festival takes place on board the museum ship, alongside the docks in exhibition pavilions, and in various venues in the heart of the host cities.

From spring 2024 to autumn 2027, the museum boat will travel to 15 countries in the Mediterranean, cradle of great civilizations and melting pot of many cultures, bringing together artists, curators, cultural, associative and educational organizations who, collectively, are imagining a new vision of the Mediterranean.

At the 2026 Art Explora Festival, three artists from Egypt, Cyprus, and Turkey will undertake a one-month residency at AiR 351 in Cascais.

Further information will be announced in due course.