From modern architecture and Islamic art to vintage dolls, Nuno returns with a selection of his favourite museums in Lisbon.
Nuno’s Guide to Lisbon: Museums
Sitting on the banks of the Tagus River, the MAAT Museum has become a place of cultural significance, where art, architecture, and technology intersect. Designed to blend seamlessly into the landscape, this museum is as impressive on the outside as it is on the inside.
A stroll away from the MAAT is Lisbon’s former power station turned museum. This space traces the evolution of energy, inviting important discussions around the challenges of energy transition and sustainability.
Perhaps a hospital visit wouldn’t be on your usual holiday itinerary, but this is an exception. Known as the oldest surviving ‘Doll Hospital’ in the world, this museum houses an impressive (perhaps slightly eerie) number of dolls. Whether it is a fractured arm or a missing eye, all dolls are tagged with an admission date and ‘sickness’.
Displaying over a thousand art pieces, from Egyptian and Greo-Roman works to Islamic Orient masterpieces, this carefully curated collection sits at the heart of one of Lisbon’s most beautiful gardens.