Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

Rua das Janelas Verdes
1249 - 017 Lisboa

Opening hours:

Tuesday: 2.00 - 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday to Sunday: 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 - 6.00 p.m.
Closed on Monday

Phone (351) 21 391 28 00
Fax (351) 21 397 37 03
E-Mail: mnarteatiga@ipmuseus.pt

Guided visits and workshops for groups require prior booking.


Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga is located near the Tagus river in the former palace of the counts of Alver and the old Santo Alberto convent. It was founded in 1884 and nowadays is the most important museum of art in Portugal, and one of the most significant in Europe.

The Museum has a large, remarkable collection of art since the Middle Ages until the early 19th century. Most of works came from the convents and monasteries abolished by the liberal law in 1834.

The exposition contains, among others:

the 12th to 19th centuries Portuguese and foreign paintings,
the 12th to 18th centuries gold and silver works,
the 12th to 18th centuries sculptures,
the 15th to 18th centuries drawings,
the 16th to 19th centuries European prints,
Portuguese and foreign ceramics, tapestry, textiles and furniture,
and more