Lisbon

Museu Nacional dos Coches

National Coach Museum

Housed in the former riding school of the palace, don't miss the world's largest collection of horse-drawn coaches and other royal vehicles. One of Lisbon's many unusual museums. In the "Museum street", Belem.

10:00-18:00 · €8 · Heritage listed

Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology

MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia

This museum of contemporary art is housed in a riverside building of contemporary design.

Wed–Mon 11:00–19:00 (Jun–Sep: Fri Sat until 22:00), closed Tue · Adults EUR 9, kids 12+/students/seniors 65+ EUR 6, kids under 12 free,15 Jul–31 Aug: 20% discount off all tickets (admission includes Tejo Power Station) · Wheelchair accessible

Museu da Marioneta

Puppetry Museum

The museum covers the history of puppetry around the world, with an emphasis on Portugal. Various types of puppets are on display.

Tue–Fri 10:00–18:00, Sat Sun closed Mon · Admission EUR 5, ages 13–25 EUR 2.50, 65+ or disabled EUR 4.30, kids under 13 free; shows EUR 7.50, kids, seniors 65+, and students under 25 EUR 5 · Entry 5.00 EUR

Museu da Água

Water Museum

The Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras (Portuguese for "Mother of Water of Amoreiras"), formally known as the Reservatório da Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras, is a historic reservoir in Lisbon, Portugal. Constructed as the terminal reservoir of the Águas Livres Aqueduct, it was designed in 1745 and completed in 1834 in the Jardim das Amoreiras district.

Mon–Fri 10:00–12:30 & 13:30–17:30 · Free

Museu Militar de Lisboa

Lisbon Military Museum

Housed in a 16th-century foundry, this museum holds its testaments to Portuguese military history, and contains many artifacts, including a sword used by Vasco da Gama.

Tu-Su 10:00-17:00; easter off; Jan 01,May 01,Dec 25 off

Palácio Foz

A palace constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries. Visits can be arranged in advance via email. Concerts (some of them free) are offered.

Mon–Fri 09:30–16:00, closed Sat Sun

Museu do Teatro Romano

Roman Theatre Museum

Along the way from downtown to Saint George's Castle.

Tu-Su 10:00-18:00; Jan 01 off; May 01 off; Dec 25 off · Heritage listed · Entry 3.00 EUR

Fundação Arpad Szenes / Vieira da Silva

This museum is installed in the restored 18th-century former Royal Silk Factory. Its permanent collection covers a wide time period of the works of 20th-century painters Arpad Szenes and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, and regularly hosts exhibits by their contemporaries.

Mon-Sat 11:00-19:00, Sun 10:00-18:00 · Adults €2.50, students €1.25, kids under 14 free · Entry 7.50 EUR

Museu da Carris

City transport museum

Transport museum with various old trams and buses on display.

Mon-Sat, 1000-1300 and 1400-1800 · €4.50, €2.50 for over 65s, under 6 free

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

Portugal's impressive national art collection, including 14-19th century European painting, artefacts of Portuguese contact with the East and Africa and a collection of ecclesiastical treasures. Highlights include Dürer's St Jerome, Hieronymus Bosch's Temptations of St Antony, Nuno Gonçalves' Adoration of St Vincent, and 16th century Japanese paintings of Portuguese traders.

Tue to Sun: 10:00-18:00; Closed Mon · Normal: €6.00

Museu Nacional do Azulejo

National Tile Museum

One of the most important national museums, dedicated to Portuguese azulejo tiles since the late 1400s. It's in the former Madre de Deus Convent, founded in 1509 by Queen Leonor.

Tue–Sun 10:00–13:00 & 14:00–18:00, closed Mon · EUR 5, seniors 65+/students/youth card EUR 2.50, disabled & children 12 and under free

Cemitério dos Prazeres

This large cemetery is packed with majestic gravestones and mausoleums, separated by wide, pedestrian, tree-lined "streets". Many graves are marked with icons telling something about the person's role in historical Lisbon. A beautiful respite from the busy city.

daily 09:00–16:30 · Free

Aqueduto das Águas Livres

The Águas Livres Aqueduct is a historic aqueduct system in Lisbon, Portugal. It is considered one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering and one of Lisbon's best-known landmarks. The main aqueduct extends approximately 14.2 kilometres (8.8 mi), while the complete network of canals, galleries, reservoirs, and distribution systems reaches nearly 58 kilometres (36 mi).

Built 1748

Igreja do Carmo

The hilltop church of the former convent of Carmo is a towering memorial of the 1755 earthquake, which made the roof of the church collapse, but the Gothic arches of the nave survived. The church was preserved that way and now serves as the Museu Arqueológico in the extant parts of the building. The museum houses a hodgepodge of archaeological artifacts from around Portugal and the world including mummies from South America, tombs of Portuguese rulers, and the Stations of the Cross on 18th-century painted tiles. The assorted artifacts are not well explained, but the church is a sight to see and visitors come to relax in the grassy nave of the church, and draw or photograph the spires.

Oct-May: Mon-Sat 10:00-18:00; Jun-Sep: Mon-Sat 10:00-19:00; closed Sun, 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec · €4 (adults), €3 (students/seniors), €3.20 (Lisbon card), free (children under 15)

Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Jerónimos Monastery

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the monastery was built in the 16th century and is an outstanding example of the Portuguese late Gothic Manueline style.

Oct-May: Tue-Sun 10:00-17:30; May-Sep: Tue-Sun 10:00-18:30; last entry 30 min before closing; closed 1 Jan, Easter, 1 May, 13 Jun, and 25 Dec · €18 (adults), €9 (seniors/students/youth card), free (children under 12); free admission to the church and on first Sun of the month. Note that tickets are sold from the neighbouring archeological museum, not at the monastery entrance

Museu Colecção Berardo

The permanent collection of the museum consists of the Berardo Collection, which is made up of modern and contemporary art, with major art movements like abstract expressionism, Abstraction-Création, action painting, body Art, constructivism, cubism, De Stijl, digital art, experimental art, geometric abstraction, kinetic art, minimal art, neo-expressionism, neo-plasticism, neo-Realism, op art, photography, photorealism, pop art, realism, suprematism, surrealism. Includes artists like Piet Mondrian, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock, and Francis Bacon.

10:00-19:00 · €5

National Museum of Ancient Art

Mandado edificar no séc. XVII por Francisco de Távora,1º Conde de Alvor,sofreu obras de adaptação e restauro nos sécs. XVIII e XIX.Traduz um dos mais perfeitos exemplares de palácio urbano barroco aristocrático...

Tu-Su 10:00-18:00 · Heritage listed

Aqueduto das Aguas Livres

This is a historic aqueduct in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering, including the largest stone arch in the world. The main course of the aqueduct covers 18 km, but the whole network of canals extends through nearly 58 km. The Mãe d'Água (Mother of the Water) reservoir of the Amoreiras, the largest of the water reservoirs, was finished in 1834. This reservoir, with a capacity of 5,500 m³ of water, was designed by Carlos Mardel. It is now deactivated and can be visited as part of the Museu da Água (Water Museum).

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

One of the best museums in Lisbon. Created from the personal collection of the art and artifact collector Calouste Gulbenkian. The collection include Egyptian artefacts; Islamic and oriental art; paintings by masters such as Rembrandt, Manet, Monet, Renoir, and Cassat; and a large collection of objects made by the Art Nouveau jeweler René Lalique. Gulbenkian was an Armenian born in the Ottoman Empire who, through his investments in Iraqi oil, became one of the wealthiest men of his time. During a journey he fell ill and had to seek medical attention in Lisbon. He fell in love with the city and decided live out his final days there. After his death his immense collections were organized into this museum. The Gulbenkian Gardens which surround the museums and foundation building are worth a visit in and of themselves, as a little oasis in the middle of downtown Lisbon. They're free and open sunrise to sunset.

Wed–Mon 10:00–18:00, closed Tue · €10, ages 13–30 & 65+ €5, ages 0–12 free

Castelo de São Jorge

St. George's Castle

Humans settled on this hill as early as the 8th century BCE, and the first fortifications date from the 1st century BCE. Before the Portuguese conquest in the 1147 Siege of Lisbon, the site was successively occupied by the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, and Moors. Sights within the castle include the permanent exhibition of archaeological artefacts with an emphasis on the 11th- and 12th-century Moors, ruins of the former Royal Palace of Alcáçova, a garden with native forest species, and a camera obscura showing the city's sights. The castle offers great view over the city and the river. If you have the energy, get there by walking from downtown, going through the fantastic old neighbourhood of Alfama.

Mar–Oct: daily 10:00–21:00, Nov–Feb daily 09:00–18:00 · EUR 15, ages 13–25 EUR 7.5, disabled or seniors 65+ EUR 7.50, children under 12 free; guided tour EUR 5

Centro de Arte Moderna

Modern Art Centre

A museum dedicated to art since the 1950s, focusing on Portuguese artists and including other nationalities, notably British and Armenian. Part of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Daily 10:00 – 18:00, closed on Tuesdays, 10:00 – 21:00 on Saturdays

MUDE – Museu do Design e da Moda

Museum of Design and Fashion

The collection has about 1,000 items of furniture and accessories and over 1,200 pieces of haute couture clothing.

Temporarily closed for renovations; planned reopening 2023

Museu da Marinha

Navy Museum

One of the most important in Europe, evoking Portugal's domination of the seas. Its colossal 17,000 items are installed in the west wing of Jerónimos Monastery, and include model ships from the Age of Discovery onward. The oldest exhibit is a wooden figure representing the Archangel Raphael that accompanied Vasco da Gama on his voyage to India.

May–Sep 10:00–18:00 daily, Oct–Apr 10:00–17 daily · Adults EUR 7.00, seniors 65+ & youths 4–12 EUR 3.50, kids 0–3 free, family (2 adults & 2 youths) EUR 18.00

Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Centro Ciência Viva

Pavilion of Knowledge - Living Science Centre

Ciência Viva is an interactive science and technology museum that aims to make science accessible to all, stimulating experimentation and exploration of the physical world.

Mon–Fri 10:00–18:00, Sat Sun & holidays 10:00–19:00 · Adults EUR 10, seniors 65+ EUR 7, youths 12–17 EUR 8, children 3–11 EUR 7, children 2 & under free, family (2 adults + children under 17) EUR 25

Museu do Fado

Com o objectivo de solucionar o problema da falta de água em Lisboa em 1868/1869, edificou-se este reservatório com sistema elevatório que captava as águas de Alfama. Em 1880, o edifício converte-se num simples ponto de apoio da estação principal

Tu-Su 10:00-18:00; Jan 01,May 01,Dec 25 off

Museu do Aljube - Resistência e Liberdade

Cadeia do Aljube is a former prison in Lisbon, Portugal, now serving as a museum. Situated near the Sé Cathedral in the parish of Santa Maria Maior, the prison housed those convicted through the Ecclesiastical Forum until 1820, then women accused of common crimes until the end of the 1920s. From 1928 until its closure in 1965, political prisoners of the Ditadura Nacional and Estado Novo were held there.

Tu-Su 10:00-19:00; Jan 01,May 01,Dec 25 off · Entry 3.00 EUR · Wheelchair accessible

Museu Arqueológico do Carmo

O espólio museológico da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses, que deu origem ao Museu Arqueológico do Carmo (MAC), encontra-se instalado, desde 1864, nas denominadas Ruínas do Carmo, classificadas como Monumento Nacional, correspondendo à anti

Oct-May: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00; Jun-Sep: Tu-Su 10:00-19:00; Jan 01,May 01,Dec 25 off · Wi-Fi · Built 1864 · Entry 7.00 EUR

Museu de Sociedade de Geografia

Museu Etnográfico da Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa

Exhibits of ethnography from Portugal's former colonies.

Mon–Fri 10:00–12:45 & 14:00–16:45, closed Sat Sun · EUR 5, seniors 65+ EUR 2, students & youths EUR 2.50, families of 4 or more EUR 4 each, disabled & children 12 and under free

Casino Lisboa

Among the gambling opportunities here are slot machines, poker, roulette, black jack, and baccarat. They have two restaurants, four bars, two entertainment venues, and an art gallery.

Museu da Água

The Museu da Água (Water Museum) is a museum located in Lisbon, Portugal, primarily focusing on the subject of Lisbon's water supply infrastructure.

Tu-Su 10:00-18:00; PH off