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National Archaeology Museum (Lisbon)

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Location
  
Lisbon, Portugal

Visitors
  
100.00 (2000)

Phone
  
+351 21 362 0000

Type
  
Archaeology Museum

Director
  
António Carvalho

National Archaeology Museum (Lisbon)

Established
  
1893; 124 years ago (1893)

Website
  
www.museuarqueologia.pt/en

Address
  
Praça do Império, 1400-026 Lisboa, Portugal

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–6PMTuesday10AM–6PMWednesday10AM–6PMThursday10AM–6PMFriday10AM–6PMSaturday10AM–6PMSunday10AM–6PMMondayClosedSuggest an edit

Architectural styles
  
Renaissance architecture, Plateresque, Manueline

Architects
  
Juan de Castillo, Nicolau Chanterene, Diogo de Boitaca, Diogo de Torralva, Jérôme de Rouen

Similar
  
Jerónimos Monastery, National Coach Museum, Navy Museum, National Museum of Ethnology, Chiado Museum

The National Archaeology Museum of Lisbon (Portuguese: Museu Nacional de Arqueologia) is located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is one of the most important Portuguese museums dedicated to Archaeology.

The museum was founded in 1893 by notable archaeologist José Leite de Vasconcelos, and since 1903 it occupies the Western wing of the Jerónimos Monastery, in the Belém district. The building of the museum used to be the dormitory of the monks, and was redecorated in neo-Manueline style in the second half of the 19th century. The museum is the most important centre for archaeological research in Portugal, and has a collection of finds from the whole country.

At the entrance there are two granite statues of Lusitanian Warriors, dating from the 1st century AD and brought from Northern Portugal. The permanent exhibits are divided into Egyptian Antiques and a collection of Treasures of Portuguese Archaeology, consisting mostly of notable metalwork dating from the Bronze and Iron Ages. The museum also possesses the most important Portuguese collection of Roman mosaics, mostly from Southern Portugal, but also from "Estremadura" (Póvoa de Cós) in the Centre.

Apart from its permanent collection, the museum often organises temporary exhibitions covering several subjects.

References

National Archaeology Museum (Lisbon) Wikipedia