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The Natural History Museum of Sintra

theperfecttourist — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:42:28 +0000

The Natural History Museum of Sintra is located in the Historic Centre of Vila Velha de Sintra, in a building of the nineteenth century, specifically 1893.

In it, one can find a long duration exhibition, whose genesis was born from the hands of the collector Miguel Barbosa and his wife, Fernanda Barbosa, who, for about 50 years, gathered a unique collection consisting of thousands of fossils of cultural value and scientific incalculable.

This Museum has, in addition to the permanent exhibition room, with a Temporary Exhibition prepared to receive many shows and events, with a reservation and Laboratory for the treatment and study of the parts with a small Documentation Service with a specialized shop and a cafeteria.

The exhibition space has a dynamic presentation using the concepts of furniture and equipment based in modernity, playing also with the use of new technologies.

Free entrance for Tuesday to Friday from 10.00amto to 06.00pm.

On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, from 02.00pm to 06.00pm,

Closed on Mondays.

Museu Biblioteca Condes de Castro Guimarães

theperfecttourist — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 09:54:44 +0000

Jorge Torlades O’Neill (Lisbon, 15 February 1849 – 11 February 1925), was the titular and official head of the Clan O’Neill , whose family has been in Portugal since the 18th century.Eccentric early-19th-century summer mansion was completed with castle turrets, an Arabic cloister, the Chapel of St Sebastian, a private beach, and gardens. The clover leaves inside did not guarantee his luck – he went bankrupt and had to sell it in 1910. His successor, Count of Castro Guimarães, lavishly decorated it with 17th-century Indo-Portuguese cabinets, Oriental silk tapestries and 17th-century ‘azulejos’. Countless artistic and cultural treasures can be found in the mansion as the rare 16th-century manuscript depicting pre-earthquake Lisbon. Donated to the town in 1931, today the mansion is the Condes de Castro Guimarães Museum.

Tuesday to Friday – 10 a.m – 5 p.m

Saturday and Sunday 10 a. m – 1 p.m / 2 p.m- 5 p.m

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Ancient Art Museum in Lisbon

theperfecttourist — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:27:41 +0000

Nanban art refers to Japanese art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries influenced by contact with the Namban or ‘Southern barbarians’, traders and missionaries from Europe and specifically from Portugal. The term also refers to paintings Europeans brought to Japan.

Serralves House and Museum, in Oporto

theperfecttourist — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 11:25:25 +0000

CASA DE SERRALVES is a house and museum located in Parque de Serralves in Oporto, Portugal.

Owned by the Serralves Foundation, the house was built by the second Count of Vizela, Carlos Alberto Cabral and designed by the architect José Marques da Silva. It is a unique example of Streamline Moderne architecture in Portugal.

Completed in 1940, Casa de Serralves welcomed presentations made by the Foundation between 1989 and 1999. In 1996, Casa de Serralves was classified as a building of public interest due to its architectural interest.

Today the house is part of the Serralves Museum.

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Ancient Art Museum in Lisbon

theperfecttourist — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:33:06 +0000

The National Museum of Ancient Art is the most important museum of art of the twelfth century in Portugal. Includes collections of painting, sculpture, drawing and decorative arts, mostly European, Oriental and also representative of relations established between Europe and the East following the voyages of discovery began in the fifteenth century that Portugal was pioneer nation.

Painéis de Sao Vicente de Fora

Hieronymus Bosch

Museu Calouste Gulbenkian

theperfecttourist — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:14:39 +0000

The Calouste Gulbenkian Collection comprises some 6000 pieces. The Museum houses on the permanent exhibition galleries 1000 of its most representative works. A short selection choice of the most outstanding pieces in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum belonging to different sections.

Mesopotamian Art
Eastern Art
Armeniam Art
Far Eastern Art
Sculpture
Art of The Book
Painting
Decorative Arts
René Lalique

Visitor information:

Address:
Av. de Berna 45A
1067-001 Lisboa Codex
Tel: 21 7823000
Fax: 21 7823032

Transport:
Metro: S. Sebastião or Praça de Espanha stations
Buses: 16, 726, 56, 718, 742

Car Parks (pay):
Avenida de Berna and Avenida Visconde de Valbom

Opening Times:
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m.
Closed on Mondays, and on the following holidays:
January 1, Easter Sunday, May 1,
and December 25

Access:
Lift, ramps and toilet facilities for visitors with with mobility impairments