Museums in Lisbon, Portugal
From Classical art to Modernism, from historic palaces to buildings designed by contemporary architects, here’s a brief...
National Coach Museum
Av. da Índia 136, 1300-300 Lisboa, Portugal
Horse-drawn coaches symbolize a lost, beautiful art form, but they get the limelight at the National Coach Museum in Belém. The historic collection,...
Medeiros and Almeida Museum
R. Rosa Araújo 41, 1250-044 Lisboa, Portugal
António de Medeiros e Almeida was a wealthy Portuguese entrepreneur who first made his fortune in automobiles and aviation. He then went on to fill...
Museu Coleção Berardo
Praça do Império, 1449-003 Lisboa, Portugal
Next to the Jeronimos Monastery, the Berardo Collection Museum is the showstopper of the Belém Cultural Center. The modern and contemporary artworks...
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
R. das Janelas Verdes, 1249-017 Lisboa, Portugal
Treasures abound at the National Museum of Ancient Art, where paintings, sculptures, furniture, ceramics, textiles, gold, and silverware capture...
Fado Museum
Alfama, Largo do Chafariz de Dentro 1, 1100-139 Lisboa, Portugal
If you've been in Lisbon for a minute, you've probably heard fado music somewhere—in a restaurant or cafe, or a bar dedicated to the brooding tunes....
MAAT
Av. Brasília, 1300-598 Lisboa, Portugal
The main reason to visit the Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology (MAAT)—a modern cross-cultural hub that brings together visual arts, urban...
MUDE
R. Augusta 24, 1100-053 Lisboa, Portugal
No word yet when MUDE will finally complete its renovation, but MUDE Outside, a series of pop-ups paying tribute to the intersection of design and...
Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian (CAM)
R. Dr. Nicolau Bettencourt, 1050-078 Lisboa, Portugal
It's difficult to know where to start in this, one of Europe's leading fine arts museums, with exhibits dating from 2000 BC to the early 20th century....
Bordalo Pinheiro Museum
Campo Grande 382, 1700-097 Lisboa, Portugal
Portuguese artist Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1846-1905) had a ceramics factory in Caldas da Rainha, producing fantastic, colourful designs. The museum...
National Tile Museum
R. Me. Deus 4, 1900-312 Lisboa, Portugal
The museum is housed in a former convent and it charts the development of Portuguese tile art since the 15th century, including a panel depicting...
Museu da Marioneta
Rua da Esperança 146, 1200-660 Lisboa, Portugal
Housed in a grand 18th-century former convent, the museum contains more than 800 puppets from Portugal and other countries around the world, some...
Museum of the Orient
Doca de Alcantara Norte, Av. Brasília, 1350-352 Lisboa, Portugal
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to have an enduring presence in Asia. Museu do Oriente, which opened in 2008, walks you through the story. The...
Museum Aljube Resistência e Liberdade
R. Augusto Rosa 42, 1100-059 Lisboa, Portugal
This little museum near the Sé Catedral opened in 2015 in a building with some heavy history. Aljube was formerly an ecclesiastical prison, before...
The National Museum of Contemporary Art
R. Serpa Pinto 4, 1200-444 Lisboa, Portugal
French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte redesigned the museum in 1994, giving it a cool, modernist edge, and it currently houses a permanent collection...
Museum of Lisbon / Pimenta Palace
Campo Grande 245, 1700-091 Lisboa, Portugal
The 18th-century Palácio Pimenta houses this city-run museum charting Lisbon’s history. Some displays are on the skimpy side, but they cover the...
Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva Foundation
Praça das Amoreiras nº56/58, 1250-020 Lisboa, Portugal
A plain building that was once the Royal Silk and Textile Workshop now houses this foundation, dedicated to exhibiting and promoting research into the...