Curiositas is pleased to announce the addition of Sara Beirão Antunes to our research project team. Sara is a PhD student in Art History, currently holding an FCT scholarship. Her thesis topic is related to our research project, and she will be responsible for researching, cataloging, and curating a geographical and chronological visualisation of Iberian cosmoramas. This research will be part of her doctoral thesis and will contribute to the scientific objectives of Curiositas by providing advanced training in this research field.
Curiositas at ARE Sofia, Bulgaria
Curiositas’ Virtual Reality experience Cosmorama: The Great Virtual Show was showcased at the Artistic Research Exhibition (ARE Sofia) in Bulgaria, from June 2-6, 2025.
Cosmorama. The Great Virtual Show
The following making-of film offers a comprehensive look at the interdisciplinary research and creative process that culminated in the Virtual Reality experience ‘Cosmorama. The Great Virtual Show’.
The Cosmorama: Virtual Journeys Before Virtual Reality
From June 28 to September 10, 2025, the Cinemateca Portuguesa—Museu do Cinema presented The Cosmorama in Lisbon - Virtual Travelling in the 19th Century, an exhibition that invited contemporary audiences to rediscover the Cosmorama - a once-popular visual medium that...




