Museums

The Lighthouse Museum of Santa Marta is located in Cascais, near the marina, on a place of great beauty. It was in 1868 that the 17th century military fort was added with a lighthouse, which mechanism was automated in 1981 and dispensed the constant presence of the lighthouse keeper. In 2007 it was transformed into the [...]

Housed since 2001 in the beautiful Bernardas Convent (17th century), the Museum of Puppetry is the only museum in the country dedicated to the collection, study, preservation and dissemination of the puppet and the puppet theatre. The original museum was created by the Puppet Company of São Lourenço (St. Lawrence), a travelling theatre company that [...]

The place where it is today the Military Museum is since the reign of King Manuel I, the site for deposit of military equipment and workshops for gunpowder manufacture and artillery foundry. King John V ordered the construction of the existing building, naming the French Fernando de Larre as its architect. It was partially destroyed [...]

This small museum is dedicated to the most popular Portuguese saint: St. Anthony (Lisbon about 1190, Padua, 1232). It is located near Lisbon’s Cathedral, just next to St. Anthony’s Church. It is believed that under this temple, was the house where the saint was born and raised. The current church dates from the end of the [...]

Standing on a hill overlooking the Rossio Square, the Carmo Convent was built after a vow made by the Constable of the kingdom, D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, during Aljubarrota battle in 1385. It was an impressive Gothic church, 72 meters long, 3 naves, transept, main chapel and 4 side chapels. In 1755, it was almost [...]

The Carris Museum is located in the Alcântara district, in a former central station of the public transport company Carris. The museum preserves and displays the company’s heritage by showing the development of public transportation in Lisbon. The museum is divided into three distinct areas and the transition between each is via a tram that [...]

The Museu da Cerveja (“Beer Museum”), opened in June 2012, is a dynamic space that is unique because in addition to a museum, it’s also a brewery. The brewing culture traditions in Portugal and portuguese-speaking countries is exposed in this museum space but also through the typical flavors associated with the culture of this drink. [...]

This museum was created with the purpose of presenting the history of the Presidents of the Portuguese Republic, as well as the Belém Palace, where it is installed. The Belém Palace, official residence of the President of Portugal, was built in the 16th century and later it was acquired by King John V to serve [...]

Belonging to the Portuguese Communications Foundation, the Museum of Communications was created in 1997 with the intention to preserve and disseminate the historical and technological heritage of the communications. The museum shows 3 permanent exhibitions with thematic itineraries and interactive animations that allow visitors to discover the evolution world of communications, the man’s need to [...]

The Museum of St. Roque is located on top of the attractive Rua da Misericordia, next to the church with the same name. The museum and the church were built in the 16th century by the Society of Jesus in the way the Jesuits conceived the ideal man: austere on the outside and rich on the [...]