Best Museums to Visit in Lisbon

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Carmo Convent
Carmo Convento in Chiado district is the impressive ruins of a 14th century Gothic convent with only the arches and pillars of its nave are left to explore. The convent which was destroyed by the infamous earthquake and fire of 1755 is home to the small Carmo Archaeological Museum and its collection of artifacts from the pre-historic period through to the Middle Ages. The eclectic collection includes among others a chapel decorated with decorative tiles, prehistoric tools, Moorish decorations, pre-Columbian pottery, and South American mummies. The Santa Justa Elevator can be accessed from the site.

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The National Tile Museum
Lisbon is famous for the use of decorative ceramic tiles, azulejos, decorating its palaces, villas, and the street walls. The Museu Nacional do Azulejo, within a magnificent 16th century convent, is home to a vast collection of marvellous colourful ceramic tiles. The tile panels on display are from the Moorish period, the 15th century Renaissance, and the baroque period. Some of the tiles are displayed separately, others are part of large murals dissipating various events. The museum is located within a beautifuly restored 16th century Manueline convent on the eastern part of Lisbon.

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The National Museum of Ancient Art
The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (MNAA), within the Baroque Palcio Alvor-Pombal, in the western part of Lisbon, is a highly popular Portuguese museum home to large collections of paintings, sculptures, textiles, furniture and ceramics. The museum collections from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas are mainly based on the Portuguese royal family and the National Academy of Fine Arts collections. Enjoy Egyptian and Roman sculptures, 15th century Nuno Goncalves’s St Vincent Panels, and paintings by renowned artists such as Hieronymus Bosch, Raphael, Holbein, Brueghel, Van Dyck, Velázquez, Dürer, and many others. Explore the museum’s large collection of 12th-18th centuries Portuguese Goldwork, 16th-19th centuries Portuguese paintings, Furniture used in the Portuguese royal residences, items collected from the former Portuguese Empire, European and Chinese Ceramics, and much more.

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Coaches Museum
The Museu dos Coaches is a popular museum located in Belem District, displaying a unique collection, one of the largest in the world, of fairytale ceremonial horse drawn carriages. The magnificent carriages were used by Portuguese and European aristocrats and royals in the 16th-19th centuries period.

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The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
Museu Calouste Gulbenkian is home to one of the worlds most important and renowned private art collections, collected and owned by the late Calouste Gulbenkian, a former Armenian oil tycoon. The museum is within an impressive building surrounded by beautiful gardens in Av. Berna in the northern part of Lisbon. The impressive and diverse collection of more than 6,000 items, of which 1,000 items are on display, include Ancient Egyptian and Islamic and Persian artworks, classic Greco-Roman art antiquity, Chinese porcelain, 11th – 20th centuries European arts, and more. Enjoy 18th century French decorative art including jewellery and Glass works by Rene Lalique, furniture items, Renaissance paintings, and works by world renowned masters. Paintings on display are by Rembrandt, Monet, Rubens, Manet, Renoir, Degas, Turner, Van Dyck, and many more.

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The Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC/CCBA)
The Museu de Arte Contemporanea (MAC/CCBA) is a new museum opened in 2023 in the Centro Cultural de Belem. The museum’s impressive collection is based on the Portugal’s Contemporary Art Collection (CACE), the Berardo Collection, and other collections. The artworks on display are based on European, American, and Portuguese modern and contemporary art from the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. All the major art movements of these eras are presented including artworks by Picasso, Dalí, Duchamp, Mondrian, Miro, and Warhol, among many others.

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Medeiros e Almeida Museum
The Casa Museu Medeiros e Almeida is a 19th century mansion in central Lisbon, home to the impressive and magnificent art collection of Antonio de Medeiros e Almeida and its former private residence. The museum presents various collections of ~2,000 items, including Dutch and Flemish paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Tiepolo and others, and a large clocks collection. Also on display impressive Chinese porcelain, Portuguese and French furniture, sculpture, textiles, jewellery, and much more. Explore the museum’s 27 rooms which include items from the 2nd century BC to the 20th century, arranged within 18th-century French style interiors of the highly decorated private apartments of the collector.

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