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Calouste Gulbenkian Museum - Founder's Collection
8,443 reviews
#1 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"It is fascinating to see that Gulbenkian chose Lisbon as his "new home" and has generously donated millions of his personal wealth to support the arts, music through an amazing, world class orchestra and dance wit...""The Gulbenkian art collection houses a diverse collection of Egyptian, Graeco-Roman, oriental & European art, ranging from paintings, scriptures & icons to sculpture, oriental ceramics, decorative art & jewellery."
Medeiros e Almeida Museum
206 reviews
#2 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"House-Museum Medeiro and Almeida is a magnificent collection of furniture and decorative arts, including gorgeous expositions of fans, clocks, porcelain, plus statuary, paintings, and other objects of arts.""A tour through a millionaire's former house, replete with beautiful paintings, furniture, sculptures, porcelain, watches & clocks, fans, jewelry, and other miscellanea."
Museu Benfica - Cosme Damiao
299 reviews
#3 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Absolutely loved the museum as it was varied and well set out and particularly enjoyed the 2 video shows which were excellent, especially the one documenting the history of Benfica.""The museum then has a section leading upstairs which became a timeline in the history of man, from when the club was founded (1904) to the present day including the moon landings, the Beatles and the invention of..."
National Coche Museum
237 reviews
#5 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Across the road from Museum Nacional dos Coches , Literally , The National Coche Museum is well worth seeing , With Former Kings & Queens & Popes State horse drawn carriages from other countries as well , all line...""This is a very well laid out museum showing off coaches through the centuries.It is very interesting with good signage and brilliant displays.You can get really close to the exhibits.If you like the spectacle of R..."
Pavilhao do Conhecimento
910 reviews
#6 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Situated in Parque de Nacoes, the science museum is a lovely place for the kids to spend a few hours exploring and playing with the many experiments that are situated in the various halls.""The science museum has loads of great interactive exhibits, well thought out and really well explained (helpfully on Portuguese and English)."
Museu Nacional do Azulejo
4,197 reviews
#7 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"A traditional art form for Portugal Excellent cafe The panoramic view of Lisbon in tiles on the top floor is incredible The convent church is beautiful if a bit overwhelming in its decoration""It gives you a perfect overview over the whole tile theme, it shows different types of Azulejos during the different centuries and the golden church filled with beautiful Azulejos is just amazing!"
Igreja de São Roque
2,075 reviews
#8 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Sao Roque Church was built in the 16th century and is radiant with gilded gold altars, marble galore with highly inlaid artistry that climbs the wall, and semi precious stones of amethyst and lapis lazuli with azu...""The adjoining museum houses one of the most important collections of sacred art, which includes paintings, sculpture, metalwork, reliquaries, altar frontals, and the treasure of the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist."
Museu Coleção Berardo
2,451 reviews
#9 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"In the Cultural Centre which is a beautiful building with interesting shops and an excellent restaurant there is the museum of contemporary art! Everything in there is a pleasure to see.""Thoroughly enjoyable museum, beautiful galleries, very good collection, and check out the wonderful art museum restaurant Topo Belem"
National Museum of Ancient Art
1,253 reviews
#10 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Here you will find; Furniture, Ceramics, Crystal, Gold and Silverware, Jewellry, Crosses, Chalices, Scepters, Small Paintings, Large Paintings, Multi Panel Life-size Paintings, Religious Sculptures... Filled with...""The museum established in 1884 and housed in a late 18th Century palace holds a magnificent and varied collection of historical artefacts all beautifully presented."
Carris Museum
258 reviews
#11 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"A visit to this museum offers both insights into the history and development of the local transport through traditional methods in the initial part of the visit, but also the chance to be taken by tram through the...""A very well documented introduction into the history of transport of Lisbon and afterwards the fun part, an old tram takes you into a garage where there are a variety of real, old trams and buses on display, you c..."
Museu da Eletricidade
429 reviews
#13 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Oh by the way, your admission ticket gets you into an adjacent building for art displays that change periodically, plus the plant is located along a beautiful walkway beside the busy river.""One of the best technology museums that we have visited and at only 2.5 Euro for seniors, outstanding value ."
Carmo Archaeological Museum
2,803 reviews
#14 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Convento do Carmo is a spectacular site where one can reflect on the devastation Lisbon suffered in the 1755 earthquake, marvel at the brilliance of medieval architecture, and enjoy the beauty of centuries old rel...""The museum also has an Egyptian sarcopahgus, two pre-Columbian mummies, preserved heads of a couple of Peruvian Indians and tomb of Ferdinand I. Carmo convent is located in the Chiado neighbourhood and can be visi..."
Museu Militar de Lisboa
227 reviews
#16 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Located near the train station, the museum has a very nice collection of artillery pieces from the past 4 or 5 centuries, pistols,rifles, machine guns, edged weapons, uniforms and armour.""The items on display vary from complete suits of armour for knight and horse, to flintlock pistols, to swords from all eras, to helmets and uniforms."
Museu de Marinha
1,200 reviews
#17 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Among its many treasures are large antique maps of Portugal's prominent role in the Age of Discoveries, beautifully detailed model boats and a huge room with ornate barges used for transporting royals in the old p...""You can learn the naval history of Portugal with lots of historical arts, maps, parts of ships, old letters etc. Especially you can learn about the voyages of Wasco de Gama, how they invade asia and africa from th..."
Lisboa Story Centre
835 reviews
#18 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Our first day in Lisbon we walked over to the Lisbon Story Center in the Praca di Comercio... Inside you stroll past cleanly-lit displays and story-boards of Lisbon's history, from early times to the present, your...""... tried to rectify by moving nearer the relevant exhibit) I found them very helpful (and the headphones were very comfortable too which was a bonus!) and they enable you to move round the museum at your own pace."
Museu da Marioneta
143 reviews
#19 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"Specialized in marionettes and their use, this is a very focused museum with a brilliant collection of puppets, theatres and items made especially for marionettheatres from different countries.""This is a rather sophisticated museum, even though it has fun corners to play with puppets and marionettes if visiting with children."
Mae de Agua Lisbon Aqueduct and Water Museum
152 reviews
#21 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"We were doing a walk in this area of the city and saw this attraction on signage and on our map so went into the little garden at the start and bought our tickets then set off along the actual aqueduct.""A good place to start I think is from this small shaded garden hidden behind a bunch of suburban buildings by the side of Tagus River at Rua de Amoreiras where an old man working in a home style ticket office in t..."
Museu do Fado
583 reviews
#22 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"This museum is ideal for people who love fado... It's conveniently located at the base of the Alfama (or accessible via a ten minute walk from the Praca do Comercio)... your tour begins with a history of fado, a d...""Having had a liking for Fado over many years it was really interesting to visit the 'home' of Fado and the museum does a really good job of tracing the history with plenty of visual material and of course the all..."
Museu De Artes Decorativas Portuguesas
164 reviews
#23 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"This museum had a variety of decorative exhibits including finely crafted furniture, exquisite tapestries and embroideries, unusual porcelain figures, and overall elaborate rococco and baroque decoration.""They include art objects and artifacts that came from colonies explored and ruled by early Portuguese explorers and colonial rulers."
Fundacao Amalia Rodrigues Casa Museu
143 reviews
#24 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"The house itself is interesting to visit, but there are so many little details that make the tour intriguing... like the furniture, the clothes, the jewelry, the shoes, the poetry books and the many photographs.""While Amalia Rodrigues sings in the background you get to experience a personal side of this great singer who recreated Fado with her elegant jewelry and dresses."
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum - Modern Collection
232 reviews
#26 of 134 Museums in Lisbon
"And then we went to the permanent collection - an awe-inspiring through the ages gathering of some of the finest examples of art, porcelain, silks, carpets, ancient egyptian treasures as well as paintings, furnitu...""Outside the museum the grounds are beautiful, they have trails to walk around and beautiful vistas to sit and and have a picnic to enjoy the view."
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