Portugal has a vast collection of museums, including many fascinating local museums. (I was never a “museum person” but I find myself fascinated and delighted every time I visit a small local museum!) On this website, I focus on museums that have prehistoric collections or which are focused on prehistory.
Use the map below to browse or search among the various museums. Clicking on a cluster (a coloured circle with a number in it) will zoom in and disperse the cluster. Highlighted map markers indicate sites that are described on this website. More posts are added as sites get visited. (If you know of a museum that should be added to the map, please let me know!)
Below the map is a list of all the museums on our website …so far!
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Town Museum of Cascais
Wander through the exhibits of the Town Museum (Museu da Vila) in Cascais, and learn (in English as well as Portuguese) about the history of this fascinating and beautiful town. There are a number of significant prehistoric artifacts on display, found in various artificial caves from around the area. The displays are labeled in both…
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Trilobite Museum
In the gallery, the rectangular sheets of black rock line the walls all around. White-grey images adorn each one. Some are of individual animals, others of groups. Many simply show the trilobites as they had lived (or at least, as they had died). Others showed evidence of specific behaviours such as traveling in a column,…