MUSEUMS
Discover the best and more interesting museums of the city.
Our top tips are marked with a star ★
MAAT - Museu de Arte Arquitetura e Tecnologia/ Museum of Art Architecture and Technology ★
One of the trendiest and more modern museums at the moment is the MAAT, the museum of art, architecture, and technology. The building is innovative from the exterior, it has a wavy irregular shape (representing a wave, as it is in front of the river), covered by white shinning tiles that reflect the light of the sun and the colours of the river.
Its construction took almost 5 years, but it was worth the wait, because the exterior is not the only extraordinary thing about this museum. Its interior is just as remarkable as its outdoor. It promotes international artists and projects dedicated to art and architecture and to new modern technology. Another thing about this building is that you can go up to its roof to see the view, and that is one of the main reason why people go there. It also as a cafeteria inside in case you get hungry while seeing the exposition.
Address: Avenida Brasília Central Tejo, Belém, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 11.00 - 19.00 every day except Tuesday
Price: Adults - 5€
Contact: +351 210 028 130; +351 210 028 102; maat@edp.pt
Website: www.maat.pt
Lisboa Story Centre ★
If you want to know a little more about the story of this city, this is the perfect way to do it. This museum tells the story behind this city in a modern and interesting way. You can have an audio guide, so you can do the visit at your own pace and still understanding it. It gives you an experiential perspective of what happened, with virtual mock-ups of the city and models of famous figures in history.
Address: Terreiro do Paço 78, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00 - 20.00 every day
Price: Kids (6-5 years old) - 3€, Students (16-18 years old) - 4.50€, Adults - 6.50€, Senior (65+ years old) - 4.50€, Families (2 parents + 2 kids) - 16€
Contact: +351 211 94102; info@lisboastorycentre.pt
Website: www.lisboastorycentre.pt
Museu da Eletricidade/ Electricity Museum ★
This museum combines a monumental building (considered national heritage) with an inside of culture. It reopened in 2006 with the objective of telling the history of the new modern generation of thermoelectric energy. The space is divided in two parts: an exhibition of old machinery of the fabric (because some years ago this place was the source of electricity of Lisbon) with an explanation of the procedure to produce energy and an exposition about the scientists that helped in the developing of electricity.
Address: Avenida Brasília, Central Tejo, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00 - 18.00 every day except Monday
Price: free
Contact: +351 21 002 8190
Museu Nacional dos Coches/ National Museum of Coche
This museum is divided in two different buildings: O Antigo Picadeiro Real and the Museu Nacional do Coche, that is the modern version of the old one. It is located near the Belém gardens. It presents a huge collection of different types of carriages and coaches, from the centuries XVII - XIX.
Address: Avenida da Índia 136, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 17.00 every day except Monday
Price: 8€
Contact: + 351 210 492 393; + 351 210 492 400; comunica@mncoches.dgpc.pt ; geral@mncoches.dgpc.pt
Website: www.museudoscoches.gov.pt
Museu Nacional do Azulejo/ National Museum of the Tile
This is one of the most traditional Portuguese museums, and it is the perfect one to go experience what is the Portuguese culture. As you must know, in Portugal it is very common to use tiles to cover the interior, or even exterior, of houses and this museum has an extended collection of different tiles from different centuries and times.
One of the attractions of this museum is the enormous wall of 23m that contains a painting of Lisbon (before the earthquake of 1715) made of numerous tiles.
And if you are looking for experiencing yourself the culture and traditions of the city, you can even paint your own tile! If you sign previously, you can design and decor your own tile and bring it home as a remembrance of this city and this museum.
Address: Rua da Madre de Deus 4, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 17.00 every day except Monday
Price: 5€; Family (4+ members) - 20% discount
Contact: +351 218 100 340; geral@mnazulejo.dgpc.pt
Website: www.museudoazulejo.gov.pt
Museu da Carris/ Carris Museum
This museum tells the story of public transports in Lisbon through centuries. It has an exhibition of different publics vehicles, from horses' carriages to buses. All vehicles available on this museum are in excellent state and could be used at any moment if it were needed to.
Address: Rua 1º de Maio 101-103, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00 - 13.00; 14.00 - 18.00 every day except Sunday
Price: Kids - 2€; Adults - 4€; Seniors - 2€
Contact: +351 21 361 3087; museu@carris.pt
Website: www.museu.carris.pt
Museu do Dinheiro/ Money Museum
It tells the story of the evolution of money not only in Portugal, but also in the world. There are many activities you can do in this museum, as for example, give a testimony, stamp, and print out coins and virtual notes with your face on it, see on the microscope what notes are made of and even interact and be inspired by all the world. It is a really fun plan to do with friends and family.
Address: Largo de São Julião, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00 - 18.00 every day except Monday and Tuesday
Price: Free
Contact: +351 21 321 3240; info@museudodinheiro.pt
Website: www.museudodinheiro.pt
Museu do Oriente/ Museum of the Orient
This exhibition contains more than 1400 pieces of art, culture and religious life from different centuries and different Asiatic countries with which Portugal had commercial links.
The building is located near the river, on the docks, and it was built during the 40s.
Address: Avenida Brasília, Doca de Alcântara, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00 - 18.00 every day except Monday and Friday; 10.00 - 20.00 on Friday
Price: Babies (0-5 years old) - free; Kids (6-12 years old) - 2€; Students - 2,5€; Adults - 6€; Seniors (65+ years old) - 3,5€; Family (2 parents + 3 kids/students) - 14€;
Friday from 18.00 to 20.00 it is free.
Contact: +351 213 585 200; info@foriente.pt
Website: www.museudooriente.pt