Famous Museums in Lisbon
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Electricity Museum
(72 Votes)
Electricity Museum, Lisbon is a cultural center that represents the evolution of energy with the concept of industrial archeology and museum of science. This electricity museum unfolds the Tejo Power station which is located along the boundary of the old thermoelectric plant. Electricity Museum, Lisbon houses a wide range of collections and exhibits including – Movable objects like boile...Read more -
Carmo Convent
(45 Votes)
The skeletal ruins of Carmo Convent stand as a testament to the horrors and devastation of the Lisbon Earthquake in 1755. Today, one would be able to take a stroll around the roofless ruins with the arches pointing nowhere and ponder at the effects of the natural disaster. Carmo Convent happened to be the one of the most magnificent and biggest churches in the city. The leaders chose to let the...Read more -
Nucleo Museologico Do Millenium Bcp
(7 Votes)One of the hidden wonders in the city of Lisbon is the archaeological museum in the basement of the Millennium BCP Bank in Lisbon, the Nucleo Museologico do Millennium BCP. Discovered in the early half of the 1900s, the Museum is a treat for those who want to learn more about the history of Lisbon. The Museum has exhibits and artifacts that date back to more than 2500 years and offer an insight...Read more -
Museu De Marinha
(2 Votes)
Museu de Marinha or Lisbon Maritime Museum is commonly known as The Navy Museum in Lisbon. The maritime museum is located inside the Jerónimos Monastery and occupies a part of the neo-Manueline Western wing along with the National Museum of Archaeology. The museum is a result of the items related to the preservation of the maritime history of Portugal, collected by King Luís I who...Read more -
Oceanario De Lisboa
(6371 Votes)
This very well-known aquarium in Lisbon is also said to be one of the most impressive ones in the entire world. The building that houses the museum itself is lovely and symbolic of the idea of the unity of the ocean. There are several exhibits and you will get to see marine life from around the world in this gigantic space. The habitats made have been specifically designed to ensure that the a...Read more -
Pavilhao Do Conhecimento - Ciencia Viva
(323 Votes)Parque das Nações, Alameda dos Oceanos, lt. 2.10.01, lisbonMuseum -
Museu Nacional De Arqueologia
(173 Votes)
Founded in 1893, the museum has occupied its current position in the Jerónimos Monastery since 1903. The space used to be the sleeping quarters of the monks. With a large store of critical archaeological finds from all over Portugal, it is one of the most important museums in the country. Its exhibits include artefacts from the Iron Age, Roman and Visigoth ornaments and decorations; 8th ...Read more -
Museu Do Combatente
(42 Votes)
Nationalist sentiments in Portugal’s African colonies in Angola, Guinea and Mozambique led to the Overseas Wars between 1961 and 1974, resulting in a military coup. This museum and monument was established in the memory of the soldiers who gave their lives for that war. The museum has both indoor and outdoor exhibition spaces, for a total of five, covering arms, armoury, aviation history ...Read more -
Navy Museum
(164 Votes)
King Luis I, who was an accomplished 19th century navigator in his own right, began in 1863 to collect artefacts and memorabilia relating to Portugal’s navigation history. The collection grew under various supervisions over the decade, and in 1863, this museum was born. Covering paintings, miniature ship models, archaeological items, navigation instruments, historical maps, the world's la...Read more -
Museu Do Teatro Romano
(33 Votes)
Built in the first century BC by Emperor Augustus and later expanded, the theatre had a seating capacity for 5000 people. Sometime in the middle ages, it was abandoned and buried underground, remaining hidden for centuries thereafter, until the 1755 Earthquake uncovered it. There’s not much left to the theatre now – some columns, the proscenium, the orchestra pit, and other decorati...Read more -
Fundacao Arpad Szenes - Vieira Da Silva
(2 Votes)
Arpad Szenes, a Hungarian-Jewish abstract painter, married Portuguese-French painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva in 1930. The couple were among the most prominent and influential 20th century Portuguese painters. This small but indispensable museum, opened in 1994, houses the works of the two charming artists. The building itself is historical – it used to be a 17th century silk factory....Read more -
Museu Da Agua
(24 Votes)
This historical steam pumping station is maintained by EPAL, the organisation currently in charge of supplying Lisbon with clean water. It’s a 19th century industrial building. Its highlights are: Portions of Lisbon's 1746 aqueduct, not on this museum’s site. Four large steam engines dating from 1880. Though it’s a part of this museum, the Mae d'Agua das Amoeiras is not on th...Read more -
Museu Da Cidade
(23 Votes)
Lisbon’s history is as long as any prominent European city’s; and this museum carefully takes you through it, including the Prehistoric era. The museum may be the best place to start your Lisbon visit. The primary exhibit is a large model of Lisbon from before the 1755 earthquake, and a pretty peacock-filled courtyard. There are artefacts from prehistoric, Roman, Visigothic, Moorish...Read more -
Casa Fernando Pessoa
(39 Votes)
Fernando Pessoa wore many hats - poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher – and is thought to be the foremost Portuguese literary figure in the 20th century. He lived in this house for the last 15 years of his life. The museum contains his personal effects, typewriter and room. From time to time, the museum organises special exhibitions and/or conferences and e...Read more -
Castelo De S. Jorge
(14 Votes)R. de Santa Cruz do Castelo, 1100-129 Lisboa, PortugalMuseum
