Portuguese Maritime Museum
Portuguese Maritime Museum
Different kinds of boats, royal barges, ship models, and maritime instruments and charts. The Bergantim Real, a sumptuous state barge built in Lisboa in 1778, and the hydro-plane used by Portuguese aviators Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho in 1922 to cross the Southern Atlantic for the first time.
The Naval Museum, founded by King Luís on June 22nd, 1863 is at present situated next to the Monastery of Jerónimos in Lisbon (Belem). It was housed for a time in the former Naval School and the Palace of the Count of Farrobo before making the symbolic transfer to Belém, for it was from Belém, not far from the chapel of Our Lady of Belém, that Vasco da Gama set sail for India, so when the museum was moved to this site an "old dream of the Navy" was fulfilled. Starting with some models of Portuguese Royal Navy vessels, items began to be collected for the Naval Museum during the 18th century. Today, over a century later, the collection has grown to over 16.000 items, not counting the photographic and other archives that contain plans and drawings of ships. There is an extensive collection of craft, as well as naval artillery and nautical instruments showing important events in the history of the Portuguese navy, not only in the golden age of Portuguese navigation, but also in the centuries which followed.
ADDRESS: Praça do Império - Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS:
- Monday to Saturday: 11h00 til 19h00
- Sundays: 10h00 til 18h00
- Closes: Thursdays and Saturdays
- Normal - 2,5 €
- Students - 1,25 €
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 213 880 044
FAX NUMBER: +351 213 880 039
WEB PAGE: http://museu.marinha.pt
an excellent museum, I was unable to use the shop due to time constraints and now ask whether you have a mail-order service? 
