A little jewel off the beaten tourist track but well worth the trip.The displays have loads of African and Portuguese exhibits that I have not seen in other places.I especially liked the African masks and the Angolan lids for pots where the top is carved to represent a proverb- cooking meeting common wisdom! They have a section covering the Amazon which can be seen by appointment and for groups bigger than 5. The video looked enticing so I will try and schedule a visit. Loved that they have an energy saving system where lights switch on/off as you move between areas,an innovation that I think many more museums should use, sustainability should cover all types of buildings after all. Definitely a good 2 hours spent for the visit.

A lovely little museum. It's a single large room with a well designed exhibition. There are explanations, but most are only in Portuguese. It's out of the way for tourists, so we we had the entire thing for ourselves, which is really nice.

Curious little exhibition, found some intriguing pieces there.

Thank you for allowing us in just in the nick of time. It shows that the assistant at the entrance cares that anyone can learn about ethnicities and cultures. Even though the museum only had one exposition it was very good and by that I mean it was informative and separated into various countries and categories. At the entrance there is a place with lockers to put food or other objects that can't enter the expositions. Overall it was an amazing experience and I couldn't ask for more.

Maybe if you can see the semi-open collections will be interesting. The permanent exhibition is small and is very diverse, not really telling a story.

Very small museum with some interesting pieces. We spent about 30 minutes here. Parking available near the builiding.

Very interesting museum. The exhibition of photographs about women is very interesting, and the permanent exhibition is very varied. The ladies at the reception are very kind and helpful

Just regular, nothing special about this place.

Interesting exhibits

(Translated by Google) The National Museum of Ethnography with a collection that brings together objects from various parts of the world. The permanent exhibit of the Museum includes the shadow theater of Bali, the dolls of southwest Angola, the pot covers with Cabinda proverbs, Mali masks and puppets, Portuguese folk musical instruments, the river of honor splints and the Franquelim sculpture that results mostly from collections studied through an intensive program of internships that the museum has been promoting. Also noteworthy is the possibility of visiting two reserve spaces, the galleries of rural life and the galleries of the Amazon. (Original) O Museu Nacional de Etnografia com um acervo que reúne objetos oriundos de várias partes do Mundo. Na exposição permanente do Museu destacam-se o teatro de sombras de Bali, as bonecas do sudoeste de Angola, as tampas de panelas com provérbios de Cabinda, máscaras e marionetas do Mali, instrumentos musicais populares Portugueses, as talas do rio de honor e a Escultura de Franquelim que resultam na sua maioria, de colecções estudadas através de um programa intensivo de estágios que o museu tem vindo a promover. É de destacar também a possibilidade de visitar dois espaços de reserva, as galerias da vida rural e as galerias da Amazónia.

This nondescript museum is under construction at the moment. We had a superb guided tour through the warehouse. A real must-see of local and colonial artifacts. Ask in advance when the guided tours take place.

Amazing exposition as well as the background music

(Translated by Google) A space that evokes ethnic and cultural roots, it lacks an improvement in multifunctional and multimedia resources. Good about museography and collection. (Original) Espaço de evocação das raízes étnico-culturais, falta-lhe uma melhoria da recursos multifuncionais e multimedia. Bom quanto a museografia e acervo.

The exhibitions are interesting, and worth the visit. However, make sure you're there in time for the guided tours to the collections (which normally are closed to the public)! The guides speak English, but knowing some Portuguese doesn't hurt. The unique collection of wooden agricultural implements demonstrates the transformation of Portugal in the last 60 years in an eye opening way! The food in the snack bar is "home made", and worth a try.

Nice museum here. Not a huge one. 20 min you see everything.

Ethnology museum with nice organisation and informative displays but with too little, although interesting, content.

A small, but great museum for ethnography and ethnology lovers

A very small museum I liked the curation of the room, a lot of shadows, light and Ambitación music

Excellent exhibitions. Great space. Off the tourist-beaten path. My granddaughter and I were the only ones there. Inexpensive, surprising and eclectic, we had a fascinating time.

We visited the museum as part of the Lisboa card and it was the best experience so far. Compared to the crowds of people and waiting in lines, there was peace here. There was only one other couple besides us. The cashier was very pleasant and introduced us to both exhibitions that are currently underway. I recommend to visit.

The entrance is complimentary with a Lisboa card. There was a temporary photography exhibition about resilient women who support their families and communities. I rather enjoyed the exhibition. The permanent exhibition is also quite impressive. Given its modest size, I would say that one hour is sufficient to view it, if you are pressed for time. The staff are courteous and there are lockers for your bags (not all museums in Portugal offer this service), which is convenient for tourists like us.

Nice exhibits

it's worth visiting

Big building, small exhibition. You can get through it in 10 minutes. Entry is free with the LisboaCard.

Half of the rooms were closed.

Just didn't understand why one exposition was closed, so people can only see the main exposition on the bottom floor, the temporary one, but the one on the 1st floor is closed, and I think only opens for visits. It's sad that they don't share all the beauty they have, for everyone, all the time. Hope this can be seen as an improvement. Staff is nice and friendly. I believe the museum is bigger than it looks, if they open all the spaces.

Few exhibitions but pleasant space and service! Free on Sunday… Sense of humor!

Great collection from abroad on the ground floor and a fantastic timeline and material on heritage on the basement level. Worth visiting if one wants to expand knowledge.

(Translated by Google) It is a museum with a lot of history about humanity, peoples and their customs. Top, top. (Original) É um Museu com muita história sobre a humanidade, povos e seus custumes. Top, top.

I thought there were many more things

Fantastic building, loved the unused (?) cafeteria, wonderful exhibition small but really interesting, really enjoyed it. Quiet, out of the way place.

Very good and professional staff makes this museum a special. All i saw was amazing and very good. Very useful place of this museum give you possibility very fast visit it on your way to job or to home. All persons of staff very kind and available for requests personally. I recommend this museum for really interesting resting.

The guard tell me to get inside so i thought it is free entry, when i leave the guard said it cost 3 euros for the ticket, it would be much better if they say it upfront.

(Translated by Google) Recumming the visit to the museum (Original) Recumendo a visita ao museu

(Translated by Google) I don't know I passed by (Original) Não conheço passei de passagem

(Translated by Google) Fantastic outdoor space. Unobscured with beautiful views of the river (Original) Espaço exterior fantástico. Desafogado com linda vista para o rio

A great discovery! You should call them and book in advance the visit of the "Amazonia part".. just amazing!

Very interesting tour of portugal's view of cultures it has interacted with.

No Wi-Fi. Otherwise good. Inexpensive (3 EUR). Student discount (50%).

Great place to know Portugal history

Not worth going. It is not a great exhibition. very small best visit the Maritime museum

Amazing little museum for the price! Such a good blend of African culture and history of Portugal!

Some superb masks, puppets and costumes etc here! Well designed and lit museum. Really worth your time to visit if you're interested in indigenous arts and culture + very cheap entry

Small museum, takes about 90 Minutes to look at everything. It's worth it if you want to do something that doesn't take a lot of time. Download the Google lens so you can translate the Portuguese descriptions. Not everything is explained in English.

The permanent exhibition is rather small given the scale of the building the museum occupies, which tricks you into expecting more. Nevertheless the pieces shown are very interesting and we'll organized, and the top-notch lighting really favours the overall impression. Although every item displayed has the corresponding explanation, they could benefit from more historic and geographic context. The lady in charge with selling the tickets, offered no explanation/guidance whatsoever on what was available to visit so we had to find our own way to the temporary and permanent exhibitions.

Small. But interesting. Temporary exhibitions too.

Small but powerful. Great pieces, only $3

Huge empty place. Nice exhibition mostly African art, some Indonesian puppets and old portuguese tools

(Translated by Google) Very well organized (Original) Muito bem organizado

(Translated by Google) Free on Sundays. Excellent to know a little of our history. (Original) Gratuiho aos domingos. Excelente para conecer um pouco da nossa história.

(Translated by Google) small, but fine. Sunday free for residents only (Original) pequeño, pero bien. domingo gratis solo para residentes

(Translated by Google) Loved it (Original) Amei

(Translated by Google) A magnificent museum! (Original) Um museu magnífico!

(Translated by Google) I visited the Amazon reserve. A guided tour that I recommend. (Original) Visitei a reserva da Amazonia. Uma visita guiada que recomendo.

(Translated by Google) Very pleasant with a lot to see and quite interesting. (Original) Bastante agradável com muito para ver e com bastante interessante.

(Translated by Google) I advise you to visit. (Original) Советую посетить.

(Translated by Google) A museum with interesting exhibitions, but it could be much better, as it is well situated and has spaces that are not used. A museum of ethnology should have more life, more views of the world and of the human being. (Original) Um museu com exposições interessantes, mas poderia ser muito melhor, pois está bem situado e tem espaços que não estão utilizados. Um museu de etnologia deveria ter mais vida, mais visões do mundo e do ser humano.

(Translated by Google) Of the most interesting that I visited within the theme, it is worth doing with a guided tour. (Original) Dos mais interessantes que visitei dentro do tema, vale a pena fazer com visita guiada.

(Translated by Google) Museum with a large collection of African art (Original) Museu com uma grande coleção de arte africana

The museum has different object from various part of the words like "dolls from Southwest Angola; Pot lids with sayings from Cabinda; Portuguese folk music instruments; The tally from Rio de Onor, Masks and puppets from Mali; and The sculptures of Franklin" Tuesdays – 14:00-18:00; Wednesdays to Sundays – 10:00-18:00 PRICE Regular Ticket – 3,00€

(Translated by Google) The visit. (Original) A visitar.

Dont miss it

(Translated by Google) Very good (Original) Muito bom

Great museum for anyone who likes artifacts and a glimpse at how people used live.

What a waste of money. Can't understand how taxpayers put up with places like this...

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It's half empty, but has nice atmosphere

Very interesting museum that offers great ethnographic objects from Africa and Indonesia, as well as from Portugal.

A great museum that is usually left unseen. It has a main exposition and the rest are temporary. You should check the exhibition dates. The main exhibition has art works of arts and crafts from different locations.

(Translated by Google) Congratulations (Original) Parabéns

Nice enough for a small museum, I believe the second exhibition was closed because of renovation, something of the beaten path

(Translated by Google) It is not very dynamic (Original) Está pouco dinamizado

(Translated by Google) It is very abandoned. The tutelage of museums is doing away with the little that still stands. (Original) Está muito abandonado. A tutela dos museus está a dar cabo do pouco que ainda resiste.

Culture as part of an heritage.

(Translated by Google) Very (Original) Muito

(Translated by Google) The permanent exhibition is small, but very interesting. The building is beautiful and parking is easy. Well worth the visit! (Original) A exposição permanente é que pequena, mas muito interessante. O edifício é lindo e o estacionamento é fácil. Vale a visita!

(Translated by Google) Very interesting museum, worth visiting. (Original) Museu muito interessante, vale a pena visitar.

(Translated by Google) Museum needed to visit (Original) Museu necessário para visitar

(Translated by Google) A nice place. (Original) Um local agradável.

(Translated by Google) I loved it a lot (Original) Amei bastante

(Translated by Google) Great museum! Here I learned about Bali more than when I was in Bali :-) The sector about Africa is also very informative and has unique pieces. I recommend it to anyone interested in these cultures. The museum is small but interesting and friendly. (Original) Ótimo museu! Aqui aprendi sobre Bali mais do que quando estava em Bali :-) O setor sobre África também é muito informativo e tem peças únicas. Recomendo a quem se interessa com essas culturas. O museu é pequeno mas interessante e amigável.

(Translated by Google) Organized! Anthropology across borders. (Original) Organizado! Antropologia além-fronteiras.

(Translated by Google) Very good, I liked it, worth a visit (Original) Muito bom, gostei, vale uma visita

(Translated by Google) Hides the best collections from the public (indigenous to the Amazon and Africa) (Original) Esconde as melhores coleções do público (indígenas da Amazónia e de África)

(Translated by Google) Poor. Very weak (Original) Pobre. Muito fraco

(Translated by Google) Great place to study (Original) Otimo sítio para estudar

(Translated by Google) When I went to visit, I had two temporary exhibitions and one permanent. The building where the Museum is located is imposing, but the estate we can visit is quite small, although interesting. (Original) Quando fui visitar tinha duas exposições temporárias e uma permanente. O edifício onde está o Museu é imponente, mas o espólio que podemos visitar é bastante pequeno,se bem que interessante.

(Translated by Google) Very good (Original) Muito bom

(Translated by Google) Location close to work 😃 my breakfast 😋 (Original) Local perto do trabalho 😃 meu pequeno almoço 😋