Lisbon is home to wonderful museums. You could spend a day in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, one of Europe’s finest museums, with an incredible collection of Western and Eastern Art. The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga is housed in 17th century palace and has the best collection of Portuguese art as well as some European masters (Bosch and Dürer). My personal favorite is the Museu do Azulejo, housed in a former convent, it displays tiles and art-work constructed of tiles from the 15th century to the present. Among the highlights of this museum are: a spectacular 36 meter long panel of tiles of pre-earthquake Lisbon, as well as a lovely church, and a fantastic restaurant set in a pretty garden.
Wax Museum Wax museums with besides the usual celebrities, a large section dedicated to Portugal’s history.
Address: Passeio Marítima da Alcântara, Armazém 2 Tel: +35 21 397 90 95 Open=Tue-Sun 11am-2pm, 3-8pm Tue-Sun.
Ethnographical Museum Remnants of the colonial times.
Address: Rua das Portas de Santo Ant-o 100 Tel: +35 21 342 50 68
Address: Largo do Museu do Artilharia Tel: +35 21 888 21 31 Open=Tue-Sun 10am-5pm.
Centro de Arte Moderna Here you’ll find works of art by famous Portuguese sculptors and painters from 1910 to the present day. Metro: Praca Espanha, Soa Sebastiao
Address: Rua Dr. Nicolau Bettencourt, 1050 - Lisboa Tel: +35 21 - 795 02 41 Openings=closed at the moment
Museu da Água da Epal The history of water and its use in Lisbon shown in an exhibition of documents, photographs and steam-driven machinery in a former engine house of the city water company underneath the aqueduct.
Address: Rua Alviela, 12, 1100 - Lisboa Tel: +35 21 - 813 55 22 Openings=daily 10am – 6pm, closed sundays and holidays
Museum of Anthony Not Lisbon’s ‘real’ patron Saint (which is Saint Vincent), but the patron Saint Anthony of Padua who deals with lost items and lovers.
Address: Largo de Santo António da Sé 24 Tel: +35 21 886 04 47 Open=Tue-Sat 10am-1pm, 2-6pm Tue-Sat.
Archaeological Museum
Address: Igreja do Carmo, Largo do Carmo, Tel: +35 21 346 04 73
National Coach Museum Large collection of all sorts of coaches dating from the 17th to the 19th century.
Address: Praca de Afonso de Albuquerque Tel: +35 21 363 80 22
Republic and Resistance Library and Museum Exhibition (and archives) on the Portuguese resistance to fascism and on the history of republicanism.
Address: Estrada de Benfica 419 Tel: +35 21 774 24 02 Open=Mon-Fri open from noon-6pm; Sat 11am-5pm Sat.
The Naval Museum – Museu de Marinha The Naval Museum, founded by King Luís on June 22nd, 1863 is at present situated next to the Monastery of Jerónimos in Lisbon (Belem). It was housed for a time in the former Naval School and the Palace of the Count of Farrobo before making the symbolic transfer to Belém, for it was from Belém, not far from the chapel of Our Lady of Belém, that Vasco da Gama set sail for India, so when the museum was moved to this site an "old dream of the Navy" was fulfilled. Starting with some models of Portuguese Royal Navy vessels, items began to be collected for the Naval Museum during the 18th century. Today, over a century later, the collection has grown to over 16.000 items, not counting the photographic and other archives that contain plans and drawings of ships. There is an extensive collection of craft, as well as naval artillery and nautical instruments showing important events in the history of the Portuguese navy, not only in the golden age of Portuguese navigation, but also in the centuries which followed. Address: Praca do Imperio, Belem, 1400 Lisboa Tel: +35 21 - 36 200 10 Openings=daily 10am – 6pm, closed mondays and holidays URL: http://www.cncdp.pt/oceanos/n22/artigos/por/poring.html
City Museum
Address: Campo Grande 245 Tel: +35 21 759 16 17 Open=Tue-Sun 10am-1pm, 2-6pm.
Wax Museum Wax museums with besides the usual celebrities, a large section dedicated to Portugal’s history.
Address: Passeio Marítima da Alcântara, Armazém 2 Tel: +35 21 397 90 95 Open=Tue-Sun 11am-2pm, 3-8pm Tue-Sun.
Ethnographical Museum Remnants of the colonial times.
Address: Rua das Portas de Santo Ant-o 100 Tel: +35 21 342 50 68
Address: Largo do Museu do Artilharia Tel: +35 21 888 21 31 Open=Tue-Sun 10am-5pm.
Centro de Arte Moderna Here you’ll find works of art by famous Portuguese sculptors and painters from 1910 to the present day. Metro: Praca Espanha, Soa Sebastiao
Address: Rua Dr. Nicolau Bettencourt, 1050 - Lisboa Tel: +35 21 - 795 02 41 Openings=closed at the moment
Museu da Água da Epal The history of water and its use in Lisbon shown in an exhibition of documents, photographs and steam-driven machinery in a former engine house of the city water company underneath the aqueduct.
Address: Rua Alviela, 12, 1100 - Lisboa Tel: +35 21 - 813 55 22 Openings=daily 10am – 6pm, closed sundays and holidays
Museum of Anthony Not Lisbon’s ‘real’ patron Saint (which is Saint Vincent), but the patron Saint Anthony of Padua who deals with lost items and lovers.
Address: Largo de Santo António da Sé 24 Tel: +35 21 886 04 47 Open=Tue-Sat 10am-1pm, 2-6pm Tue-Sat.
Archaeological Museum
Address: Igreja do Carmo, Largo do Carmo, Tel: +35 21 346 04 73
National Coach Museum Large collection of all sorts of coaches dating from the 17th to the 19th century.
Address: Praca de Afonso de Albuquerque Tel: +35 21 363 80 22
Republic and Resistance Library and Museum Exhibition (and archives) on the Portuguese resistance to fascism and on the history of republicanism.
Address: Estrada de Benfica 419 Tel: +35 21 774 24 02 Open=Mon-Fri open from noon-6pm; Sat 11am-5pm Sat.
The Naval Museum – Museu de Marinha The Naval Museum, founded by King Luís on June 22nd, 1863 is at present situated next to the Monastery of Jerónimos in Lisbon (Belem). It was housed for a time in the former Naval School and the Palace of the Count of Farrobo before making the symbolic transfer to Belém, for it was from Belém, not far from the chapel of Our Lady of Belém, that Vasco da Gama set sail for India, so when the museum was moved to this site an "old dream of the Navy" was fulfilled. Starting with some models of Portuguese Royal Navy vessels, items began to be collected for the Naval Museum during the 18th century. Today, over a century later, the collection has grown to over 16.000 items, not counting the photographic and other archives that contain plans and drawings of ships. There is an extensive collection of craft, as well as naval artillery and nautical instruments showing important events in the history of the Portuguese navy, not only in the golden age of Portuguese navigation, but also in the centuries which followed. Address: Praca do Imperio, Belem, 1400 Lisboa Tel: +35 21 - 36 200 10 Openings=daily 10am – 6pm, closed mondays and holidays URL: http://www.cncdp.pt/oceanos/n22/artigos/por/poring.html
City Museum
Address: Campo Grande 245 Tel: +35 21 759 16 17 Open=Tue-Sun 10am-1pm, 2-6pm.
