Portugal has a vast collection of museums. Here, we focus on museums that have prehistoric collections or which are focused on prehistory.
You can use the map at the right to search for specific museums or browse through the entries below. More posts are added as sites get visited.
(NOTE: the national museum of archaeology has been closed for renovations and won’t reopen until 2025. When it does, we’ll be sure to visit and include it here.)
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Côa Museum
As you walk down the cement canyon, the walls close in on you and the blue sky dwindles. Darkness encloses you and it seems like you are traveling into the bowels of the earth and back in time. Within, you are surrounded by art and artefacts of life as it was tens of thousands of…
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Interactive Megalithic Museum
Name in Portuguese: Museu Interativo do Megalitismo de Mora Step inside the old railway station, and the learning experience begins. A museum focused on antiquity is housed in a building that has been architecturally updated to the 21st century. High technology is used to immerse the visitor into the life and experiences of prehistoric peoples.…
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Silves Municipal Archaeology Museum
The building itself of this fascinating museum includes its own National Monument, the cistern well in the centre of the building. Surrounding it, a collection traces the history of this ancient city and region, from prehistoric to modern times. When you enter the museum, you start in the prehistoric section. This first section is full…