Best places: Museums in Sacavém, Portugal

👍👍 Visited on a Sunday to fulfill a wish of our son in love with Benfica. Easy to reach with the blue metro by getting off either at the Colegio Militar/Luz stop or at the previous Alto do Mhounos... in the first case you have to go around the block to reach the entrance. With 17 euros you have the opp...

Displays of art from Greek to Roman & Asian to European, plus gardens, shop & restaurant.

Contemporary science museum with interactive exhibits, experiments, workshops & kids' play areas.

👍👍 Amazing history and a very cool tour. Really fun if you're a soccer /football fan

👍👍 We went for the fado concert Saturday at 3:30, and is really worth it! Small concert, not crowded, you can also order a coffee, wine, anything while you are watching the performance. It is in the patio of the house so it's really nice, If you have fever you can buy the tickets there but I'm sure you...

Elegant museum in former mansion with historical silverware, European paintings & Chinese porcelain.

Hands-on exhibits, coin making & banknote printing in a museum housed in a baroque-era church.

Baroque rooms with displays of cannons, wagons & armor, plus frescoes depicting Portuguese battles.

Cinema showing classic movies & elegant film museum with historic equipment & interactive displays.

👍👍 Nice place for fun family a little hot in basement

Ruined Gothic church destroyed by an earthquake in 1755, with an evocative roofless nave & museum.

Small museum dedicated to the Portuguese artist, caricaturist & ceramicist Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro.

Cultural center dedicated to 20th-century poet, with a library, plus readings and author lectures.

Museum on history of Lisbon, with chronological exhibits from prehistory to the early 20th century.

👍👍 Totally worth the guided tour and 5€ if you’re in the area and the mood. We loved it and loved our guide. It took maybe an hour to an hour and a half.

Institution showcasing the work of 20th-century artists Arpad Szenes & Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.

Exhibition on traditional fado, with audiovisual displays & archives, plus a cafe with concerts.

Gothic aqueduct stretching for 14km, including a 65m-high section spanning the Alcantara Valley.

Landmark museum with preserved animal specimens, like fish & birds, plus anthropological artifacts.

Housed in a 17th-century cloister, this museum offers a sizable collection of Portuguese sacred art.