Add a review of the Lisbon City Museum

The Lisbon City Museum is noteworthy because its collection is clearly divided into parts reflecting the most vivid regional characteristics. This is not always done, but it is very convenient for the tourist: he sees not abstract-general "Roman antiquities", but, for example, those connected with the veneration of St. Anthony - the patron saint of local places.

The museum turned out to be some very home and visually "tied" to the terrain. Everything is visible, and in general, and in detail, as on a diorama.

This museum exists for a long time, its collection is large and covers a huge section of history - from the Paleolith to our days. It has many unique objects, some very ancient, there are collections of books, paintings, icons, prehistoric, Roman and medieval objects. It includes old collections that gathered several centuries

Among other things you can see the exposition of historical geographical production maps from the 17th to the 20th century

Exposition

The first section of the museum is dedicated to the worship of St. Anthony, the local patron saint , who was born in Lisbon in the late 12th century. Part of the collection is kept in a small museum at the dedicated to this holy church, part - here. There are a lot of different things from jewelry to statues, from 13 to 20 centuries of production.

The next part of the collection is devoted to primitive time. There are many prehistoric tools - stone knives, axes and household things. The oldest belong to the Paleolithic and are made between 300,000 and 100,000 years. BC.

Ceramics is highlighted in a separate exposition. From Neolithic to modern times, very different objects produced in different places.

Another separate collection is epigraphy, that is, records cut out on hard materials (stone, metal, etc.). The mass of everything interesting since the Roman era.

Selected paintings, engravings, drawings and photographs are also highlighted in individual exhibitions. Collections are big and interesting.

One of the biggest departments is sculpture. There is a Roman one, there is a medieval one, but most of all the museum is proud of its collection of sculptural portraits.

Also you can see the exhibition of historical maps (usual, geographical) from the 17th to the 20th century. If you remember that Portugal has always been a country of sailors - there really is something to see, there are about a hundred of them here.

Another element of rare interest in museums is the collection of ceramic tiles for azulezhu. It is not produced anywhere in Europe except Spain and Portugal, so this is really an unusual thing. It appeared in Portugal in the 15th century, in this museum you can see samples of tiles from different ages beginning on the 16th

This is an interesting museum with a large and diverse collection. People in the region live from prehistoric times, history does not belong to Lisbon, and everything is arranged in an exposition very well.
City Museum and the city of Lisbon

Practical information

Address: Lisboa, Campo Grande, 245, Museu de Lisboa .

The easiest way to get there is by metro - you need to go to Campo Grande station (green and yellow branches)

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18: 00. Monday - the day off.

Ticket price: 2 EUR (for the autumn of 2014).