Museu Nacional de Arqueologia

Praça do Império
1400 - 206 Lisboa

Opening hours:

Tuesday: 2.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday to Sunday: 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Closed on Monday

Tel. (351) 21 362 00 00; (351) 21 362 00 21 /4
Fax (351) 21 362 00 16
E-Mail: mnarquelogia@ipmuseus.pt

Guided visits and other educational activities requires prior booking.


The Museu Nacional de Arqueologia was founded in 1983 by Dr. José Leite de Vasconcelos. It gathers one of the largest and most important collections of archeology in the whole Portugal, among others the first collection of the founder. In a permanent exhibitions are displayed the group of Treasures of Portuguese Archeology and of the Egyptian antiquities.

The whole collection is divided into following sections:

Egyptian Antiquities
Objects of attire and adornment
Weapons
Architecture
Symbolic artefacts
Figurative bronze
Ceramics
Epigraphy
Sculpture
Lithic industry
Instruments and Utensils
Numismatics
Jewellery
Terracottas
Glass

The specimens come from the different periods, which in the chronological order are:

Palaeolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age Roman Period
Visigothic Period
Islamic Period Medieval Period

Apart from the exhibitions Museum offers also other services, such as seminars, conferences and speciality courses to increase people's knowledge in that field of science. Since 1895 it publishes regular publications called "O Arqueólogo Portugues".