National Palace of Ajuda
In the first half of the 18th century, King John V planned to
build a summer residence in the Ajuda hill. The
building of this Royal Palace in this place, however, would take
place only after the Earthquake of 1755 which destroyed the
royal
residence, Paço da Ribeira (Ribeira Palace), at the Terreiro do Paço
(Palace Public Square). On King José I's initiative, the Royal
Palace of Ajuda was built on the grounds acquired by his father
firstly as a wooden building - commonly known as the Real Barraca (the
Royal Hut) which burned to the ground in 1794 - and then as the
Palace as it is nowadays.
ADDRESS: Museu Largo da Ajuda, Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- From 10.00 am to 5.00 pm (last admittance at 4.30 pm).
- Closed on Wednesdays and the following Public Holidays: J
anuary
1st, Easter Sunday, May 1st and December 25th.
ADMISSION:
- Standard: 4,0 €
- Young people (15 to 25 years old) and pensioners: 2,0 €
- Youth Card Holders: 1,6 €
- Children till 14 years old: free
- Sundays and Holidays till 2.00 pm: free
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 213 637 095; +351 213 620 264
FAX NUMBER: +351 213 648 223
E-MAIL: pnajuda@ippar.pt
Knowledge Pavillion
The Pavilion of Knowledge - Ciência Viva is an interactive science and technology museum that has been open to the public since July 25th 1999. It is an integral part of the Ciência Viva Centers Network and serves as both the driving force and resource centre for this network.
The main objective is to stimulate scientific knowledge and
promote scientific and technological culture among all citizens. The
exhibitions and activities proposed allow visitors to explore many
wide-ranging themes with interactive Exhibits, relaxing and having
fun at the same time.
Besides the major theme exhibitions, the Pavilion of Knowledge - Ciência Viva promotes various scientific and educational initiatives.
ADDRESS:
- Parque das Nações (Driving Directions)
- Alameda dos Oceanos, Lote 2.10.01
- 1990-223 Lisboa
OPENING HOURS:
- Tuesday - Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Weekends and bank holidays: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Latest group admission: 4.30 p.m.
- The Pavilion is closed on Mondays, and on the following days: 24, 25, 31 December and 1 January.
ADMISSION:
- ADULTS (over 18) - 6,0 €
- CHILDREN / TEENAGERS (7 - 17) - 3,0 €
- CHILDREN (3 - 6; includes entrance to the Unfinished House) - 2,5 €
- CHILDREN (up to 2) - Free
- SENIOR CITIZENS (over 65) - 3,0 €
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 218 917 100
FAX NUMBER: +351 218 917 171
E-MAIL: info@pavconhecimento.pt
WEB PAGE: http://www.pavconhecimento.pt
Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva Foundation
Located in one of Lisboa's most romantic neighborhoods this museum, founded in 1994, features a selection of works by the two artists who give it its name. There are also temporary expositions of modern art.
ADDRESS: Praça das Amoreiras, 56/58 - 1250-020 Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- Monday to Saturday: 11h00 til 19h00
- Sundays: 10h00 til 18h00
- Closes: Thursdays and Saturdays
ADMISSION:
- Normal - 2,5 €
- Students - 1,25 €
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 213 880 044
FAX NUMBER: +351 213 880 039
E-MAIL: fasvs@fasvs.pt
WEB PAGE: http://www.fasvs.pt
Lisbon Ocean Pavilion - Oceanarium
The Lisbon Oceanarium is an aquarium dedicated to the ocean. It is located in the Parque das Nações, which was the exhibition grounds for the Expo 98.
The building is the work of the North-American architect Peter Chermayeff, resembling an Aircraft carrier, and is built in the pier of an internal sea. It is one of the largest aquariums in the world, and has a large collection of marine species - birds, mammals, fishes, cnidarians and other marine organisms.
The exhibition is arranged around four smaller aquariums, displaying the fauna and flora of the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean and of the Antarctic and a large central tank to exhibit species of the open ocean, from sharks and large groupers to Tuna fish and small wrasses.
The exhibition aquarium can be viewed from several levels to see underwater and coastal habitats.
ADDRESS: Esplanada D. Carlos I - Doca dos
Olivais - Lisboa
(Driving Directions)
ADMISSION:
- 0 to 3 year olds - Free
- 4 to 12 year olds - 5,25 €
- 13 to 65 year olds - 10,50 €
- 66+ year olds - 5,75 €
- Families - 25,00 €
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 218 917 002
FAX NUMBER: +351 218 955 762
WEB PAGE: http://www.oceanario.pt
Military Museum
Located on the site of a 16th-century shipyard, this museum has an artillery collection that is said to be the world's biggest, and extensive displays of guns, pistols and swords, including 14th century cannon and Vasco da Gama's sword. Some of the rooms have rich Baroque decoration, large spreads of tiles portraying battle scenes, and paintings on military themes.
The first two rooms on the right of the main staircase are devoted to the Napoleonic invasions, the Vasco da Gama Room has murals depicting the discovery of the sea route to India, and the first floor displays World War I exhibits.
In the Portuguese artillery section is the wagon used to transport the triumphal arch to Comercio Square, and outside is a large courtyard flanked by cannons telling the story of Portugal in tiled panels, from the Christian Reconquest to World War I.
ADDRESS: Largo do Museu da Artilharia -
1100 - 468 Lisboa
(Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- 10h00 - 17h00
- Closes on Mondays and holydays
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 218 842 569
FAX NUMBER: +351 218 842 569
E-MAIL: mmilitar@um.geira.pt
WEB PAGE: http://www.geira.pt/mmilitar
National Museum of Coaches and Carriages
The National Coach Museum is located in the Belém district of Lisbon, in Portugal. The museum has one of the finest collections of historical carriages in the world, being one of the most visited museums of the city.
The museum is housed in the old Horse Riding Arena of the
Belém Palace, formerly a Royal Palace which is now the official
residence of the President of Portugal. The Horse Riding Area was
built after
1787 following the Neoclassical design of Italian
architect Giacomo Azzolini. Several Portuguese artists decorated the
interior of the building with paintings and tile (azulejo)
panels. The inner arena is 50 m long and 17 m wide, and was used for
training horses and for horse riding exhibitions and games, which
could be watched from its balconies by the Portuguese royal family.
The museum was created in 1905 by Queen Amélia to house an extensive collection of carriages belonging to the Portuguese royal family and nobility. The collection gives a full picture of the development of carriages from the late 16th through the 19th centuries, with carriages made in Italy, Portugal, France, Spain, Austria and England. Among its rarest items is a late 16th/early 17th-century travelling coach used by King Philip II of Portugal to come from Spain to Portugal in 1619. There are also several pompous Baroque 18th century carriages decorated with paintings and exuberant gilt woodwork, the most impressive of these being a ceremonial coach given by Pope Clement XI to King John V in 1715, and the two coaches of the Portuguese ambassador to Pope Clement XI, built in Rome in 1716.
ADDRESS: Praça Afonso de Albuquerque - 1300-044 Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- Thursday til Sunday - 10.00 h - 18.00h
- Closes on Mondays and Holydays
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 213 610 850
FAX NUMBER: +351 213 632 503
EMAIL: mncoches@ipmuseus.pt
WEB PAGE: http://www.museudoscoches-ipmuseus.pt
Portuguese Maritime Museum
Different kinds of boats, royal barges, ship models, and maritime instruments and charts. The Bergantim Real, a sumptuous state barge built in Lisboa in 1778, and the hydro-plane used by Portuguese aviators Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho in 1922 to cross the Southern Atlantic for the first time.
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: Praça do Império - Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- Monday to Saturday: 11h00 til 19h00
- Sundays: 10h00 til 18h00
- Closes: Thursdays and Saturdays
ADMISSION:
- Normal - 2,5 €
- Students - 1,25 €
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 213 880 044
FAX NUMBER: +351 213 880 039
WEB PAGE: http://museu.marinha.pt
Carmo Archaeological Museum
The Carmo Convent and its Church were built between 1389 and 1423 in the plain Gothic style typical for the mendicant religious orders. There are also influences from the Monastery of Batalha , which had been founded by King John I and was being built at that same time. Compared to the other Gothic churches of the city, the Carmo Church was said to be the most imposing in its architecture and decoration.
The nave and apse of the Carmo Church are the setting for a small archaeological museum, with pieces from all periods of Portuguese history. The nave has a series of tombs, fountains, windows and other architectural relics from different places and styles. The old apse chapels are also used as exhibition rooms. One of them houses notable pre-historical objects excavated from a fortification near Azambuja (3500 - 1500 BC).
The group of Gothic tombs include that of Fernão Sanches, a bastard son of King Dinis I, (early 14th century), decorated with scenes of boar hunting, as well as the magnificent tomb of King Ferdinand I (reign 1367-1383), transferred to the museum from the Franciscan Convent of Santarém. Other notable exhibits include a statue of a 12th century king (perhaps Afonso Henriques), Spanish-Moorish azulejos and objects from the Roman and Visigoth periods.
ADDRESS: Largo do Carmo - Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS: All days, between 10am and 5pm
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
In all there are more than seven thousand works of art that
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian collected over the years. During his
exile in Portugal, where he would live out his last days, he donated
his collection to the Foundation that today bears his name. Today,
the place joins art, pleasure and culture in a perfect symbiosis.
Located near the Praça de Espanha, the Fundação Calouste Gulkbenkian
is fully part of the Portuguese cultural universe. In its
headquarters, planted among extensive grass fields, there are
amphitheaters and ballet halls, meeting rooms, galleries
for expositions, museums and spaces for leisure and pleasure.
Belonging to the Fundação, the Museu, inaugurated in 1969 and reopened recently with a new presentation, houses part of the exceptional collection in various core sections that make up the exposition area.
The collection comprises Egyptian Art, Greco-Roman Art with particular emphasis on a collection of Greek coins, Islamic Art with a set of tapestries, faience and glassware, and Chinese and Japanese Art with collections of ceramics, lacquer and stamped items.
Among the various pieces of European painting, there are works by Rogier van der Weyden, Ghirlandaio, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Fragonard, Manet and Degas, among others. In the various permanent exposition rooms of the Museum we find also French furnitureand jewelry, culminating in an exposition of a notable collection of glassware and jewels from Ren Lalique, which is unique in the world.
ADDRESS:
Av. de Berna 45A - 1067-001 Lisboa
(Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m.
- Closed on Mondays, and on the following holidays: January 1, Easter Sunday, May 1, and December 25
ADMISSION:
- Museum (Permanent Exhibition + temporary exhibition in the museum gallery): 4,0 €;
- Temporary exhibitions outside the museum tour (Temporary Exhibition Galleries): 3,0 € / 5,0 € Museum/Temporary exhibition: 5,0 €
- Combination ticket/2 Museums (Gulbenkian Museum / Modern Art Centre): 7,0 €
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 217 823 000
FAX NUMBER: +351 217 823 032
WEB PAGE: http://www.museu.gulbenkian.pt
Water Museum
Located near the old wall of the Convento dos Barbadinhos, where, in 1884, the first elevated steam station was built to distribute water from the Aqueduto de Alviela for use in Lisboa. The historic Aqueduto das Águas Livres, the Mãe de água and the Patriarcado's cisterns can also be visited.
ACCESSES TO THE WATER MUSEUM (Driving Directions
on Pictures)
OPENING HOURS: 10am - 6pm (Closed Sundays)
ADMISSION:
- Normal: 2,5 €
- Students/Teachers, Lisboa Card/Youth Card, Senior Card/Pensioners: 1,5 €
- Children under 12: free
Belém Cultural Centre
Built in 1988, it's the largest cultural centre in the country, which includes exhibitions' areas, opera auditoriums, theatre, concerts and business events. The centre also hosted the final summit of the Portuguese presidency of the European Community.
The Belém Cultural Center has 140,000 m of construction area and was prepared in a very short period (1989-1992). The client of the project was the Portuguese State through the Secretaria de Estado da Cultura (State Agency for Culture). Completed in 1992, it occupies a total of 100,000 m and is the work of architects Vittorio Gregotti and Manuel Salgado; the interior was planned by Daciano Costa.
ADDRESS: Praça do Império - 1449-003 Lisboa
(Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- Weekdays from 8h to 20H00
- Weekends from 10H00 to 19H00
- OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAILY EXCEPT ON 25TH DECEMBER
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 213 612 400
FAX NUMBER: +351 213 612 500
E-MAIL: ccb@ccb.pt
URL: http://www.ccb.pt
Chiado Museum - National Museum of Modern Art
A recent museum. Most significant Romantic, naturalistic,
modernist, surrealist and abstractionist Portuguese artists from
1850 to 1960. Located right in the heart of Lisboa, in the Chiado
zone, the Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea was founded in1911,
installed in the old Convento de So Francisco. At the start of the
1990s, the building was completely remodeled, reopening in 1994 with
the new name Museu do Chiado.
The exposition starts by showing us references from the surrealism of the end of the 1950s, with drawings from sculptor Jorge Vieira and photographs from Fernando Lemos. It then takes us to the 1960s, tracing the design and painting of the post-surrealists like Marcelino Vespeira, the abstract geometric canvases of Joaquim Rodrigo, the nouveaux realism of the work of Lourdes Castro, the machines in movement of Ren Bertholo, the silhouettes and symmetries of José Escada, the torn canvases of João Pinheiro, until we reach the unexpected surfaces created by Pires Vieira.
The next room, dedicated to the 1970s, shows two essential Portuguese artists: Helena Almeida, with her skillful photographs/paintings, and Alberto Carneiro, with two installations that explore the themes of perception and representation of the exterior world.
From the 1970s we jump right to the 1990s, a core constituted of contemporary art that the museum has commissioned. Here we find the work of Miguel Palma, Ângela Ferreira, João Tabarra, João Onofre and João Penalva - one of the Portuguese artists of the moment with great international interest.
ADDRESS: Rua Serpa Pinto, 4 - 1200-444 Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS: Thursdays to Sundays - from 10H00 to 18H00
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 213 432 148
FAX NUMBER: +351 213 432 151
E-MAIL: mchiado@ipmuseus.pt
URL: http://www.museudochiado-ipmuseus.pt/
National Museum of Archaeology
Housed in the south wing of the Jerónimos Monastery complex. Exhibits from the prehistoric, protohistoric, Roman, Visigoth, Arab and medieval periods. Ethnography and numismatics sections. Jewellery from the calcolithic period to Visigothic times. Egyptian antiquities.
ADDRESS: Praça do Império - Lisboa - Jerónimos Monastery (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS: Thursdays to Sundays - from 10H00 to 18H00
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 213 432 148
FAX NUMBER: +351 213 432 151
E-MAIL: info@mnarqueologia-ipmuseus.pt
URL: http://www.mnarqueologia-ipmuseus.pt
National Museum of Tiles
The National Tile Museum is located in the Convent of Madre de Deus, which dates from 1509. From its original structure only the lower floor cloister and the Arab room remain today. The church is covered with rich ornamental Baroque works of paintings, carving and tiles offered by royal patronage.
The collection, which virtually depicts the entire history of the tile in Portugal, includes tiles dating from the second half of the 15th century to contemporary artifacts already using new technologies. The highlights are the mannerist retable of Nossa Senhora da Vida and the Lisbon panel, 23 meters long, representing Lisbon before the 1755 earthquake.
ADDRESS: Rua da Madre de Deus, 4 - Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- Thursday - 2pm to 6pm
- Wednesdays til Sundays - 10am til 6pm
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 218 100 340
FAX NUMBER: +351 218 100 369
E-MAIL: mnazulejo@ipmuseus.pt
URL: http://www.mnazulejo-ipmuseus.pt
National Museum of Ancient Art
Founded in 1884. It has 12th to early 19th century sculptures, drawings, gold work, jewels, pottery, textiles, paintings and furniture. Paintings by Portuguese masters and by European artists, religious statues and objects in gold and silver make this museum one of the most important ones in Portugal.
The National Museum of Ancient Art is located near the Tagus river. It occupies the palace of the counts of Alvor, dating from the eighteenth century, and the old convent of Santo Alberto. The chapel of the convent is a fine example of 18th Portuguese Baroque art and architecture and is incorporated into the exhibits.
ADDRESS: Rua das Janelas Verdes - 1249-017 Lisboa (Driving Directions)
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 213 912 800
FAX NUMBER: +351 213 973 703
E-MAIL: mnaa.depcom@ipmuseus.pt
URL: http://www.mnarteantiga-ipmuseus.pt
Music Museum
Permanent exhibition of musical instruments from old times and from different parts of the world. Frequent music shows.
ADDRESS: Alto dos Moinhos underground station) - Rua João de Freitas Branco - 1500-359 Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 18:00
- Closed Sundays, Mondays and the public holidays of New Year, 1st May and Christmas Day.
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 217 710 990
FAX NUMBER: +351 217 710 999
E-MAIL: mmusica@ipmuseus.pt
URL: http://www.museudamusica-ipmuseus.pt
National Museum of Costumes
Surrounded by an 18th century garden, this museum is in the
Palácio Angeja-Palmela, one of the most remarkable buildings in the
historic centre of Paço do Lumiar (Driving Directions). In it you will find exhibitions
of traditional and historical costumes belonging to the18th century
court and to the Imperial period.
The Museu Nacional do Traje e da Moda has a collection with 33.000 items, which includes mainly XVIII and XIX masculine and feminine costumes.
ADDRESS: Largo Júlio de Castilho - 1600 - 483 Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- Thursdays til Sundays: 10am til 6pm
- Closes on Mondays
ADMISSION: Standard: 4,0 €
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 217 590 318 ; +351 217 590 490
FAX NUMBER: +351 217 591 224
E-MAIL: mntraje@ipmuseus.pt
URL: http://www.museudotraje-ipmuseus.pt/
Fado Museum
The Fado Museum, a project promoted by the Urban Rehabilitation
Department of the Lis-bon City Council opened its doors on September
25th 1998, is located in the Recinto da Praia Building, in front of
Largo do Chafariz de Dentro, the entrance door to the historic Alfama neighborhood. This cultural centre, entirely dedicated to
Fado and to Portuguese Guitar universe, is a mandatory reference
among the city's cultural facilities, promoting its own musical
expression, and including areas with several functions: a museum
area, with a permanent exhibition, a temporary exhibition area, a
documentation centre, a store, a small auditorium, a school, and a
restaurant/coffee-shop. 
ADDRESS: Largo do Chafariz de Dentro, 1 - 1100-139 Lisboa
OPENING HOURS:
- Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 PM to 6 PM (last entrance: 5.30 PM).
- Closed on 1st of January, 1st of May and December 25th.
ADMISSION: Standard: 4,0 €
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 218 823 470
FAX NUMBER: +351 218 823 478
E-MAIL: museudofado@egeac.pt
URL: http://www.museudofado.egeac.pt
Berardo's Collection
The Berardo Collection Museum - Modern and Contemporary Art was created by Decree-Law 164/2006 on the 9th of August 2006, with the goal of establishing a permanent Museum based on the Collection, and located in the Exhibition Centre (Module 3) of Centro Cultural de Belém.
Presently counting with 862 works in its collection, the Museum program will follow a rotation between the several art movements that compose the Berardo Collection. The permanent collection of the Museum, together with temporary exhibitions, is expected to create an attractive cultural dynamic for a diversified public, and develop habits of artistic consumption.
ADDRESS: Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa