Spain and Portugal for Visitors

With a planetarium and observatory, and a number of temporary and permanent exhibitions, including a "hands-on" exhibition apparently for children.

A list from Portugal Virtual, with addresses, opening times and prices.

Fabulous collection ranging from archaeological treasures to nineteenth-century jewellery. Worth visiting just for the building and its gardens.

Located in a pumping station, I am not sure where in relation to Lisbon city centre.

A music museum in the unusual setting of a subway station, Alto dos Moinhos. Turn your speakers on for this website.

The highlights of this museum (located in the Jerónimos Monastery) are a tapestry of port scenes made in the early 1520s and a painting of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1833.

Portugal's national museum of contemporary art, in the heart of Lisbon.

The national coach museum, in the Belém suburb of Lisbon. It also has an annexe in Vila Viçosa.

The enormous National Archaeology Museum in the Belém suburb.

It may not sound too inspiring, but you probably know how important tiles are in Portuguese interior decoration and architecture.

The National Theatre Museum is contained in the Palacio Monteiro-Mor, in the park of the same name, which also holds the Costume Museum.

Located in the Monteiro-Mor Park (which also contains a botanical garden and a theatre museum), this is a costume museum.