THE FRIENDS OF "MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE ANTIGA"
WELCOME YOU TO THE MUSEUM
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NOTICE
Due to construction work on the museum's building,
the MNAA will close its European Painting Gallery
commencing on March 3, 2025.
The anticipated reopening of the gallery
is scheduled for May 2026.
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Let's get started! Enjoy your visit!
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You are on the first floor.
On your left, you will find the Textile Collection, the Cribs Rooms, and down the stairs to the Saint Albert Chapel (level 0).
On your right, you will have access to the Portuguese Furniture Collection.
We suggest you start on 3rd floor - Portuguese Painting and Sculpture. You can take the stairs in front of you or take the lift to the right of the museum entrance.​
WHAT NOT TO MISS!
If you want to know more about each work, click on the image (video) and/or on the legend (text).
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When you've finished, go down to 2nd floor (Galleries: Art from the Portuguese Discoveries, Ceramics, Gold and Silverware, and Jewellry) and turn to left into the Art from the Portuguese Discoveries Gallery, where you will find pieces that illustrate the encounter between the Portuguese and other peoples, at the time of the Discoveries.
When you have finished, return to the 1st floor to visit the Textiles, Portuguese Furniture, the Cribs Room, and the Saint Albert Chapel Galleries.
NOTICE
Due to construction work on the museum's building,
the MNAA will close its European Painting Gallery
commencing on March 3, 2025.
The anticipated reopening of the gallery
is scheduled for May 2026.
At this point, you've finished your visit to the Annex. Head to the Museum shop (take the opportunity to buy some souvenirs)
and enter the Alvor Palace (17th century), where you will find the European Painting (Closed) and European Decorative Arts Galleries.
Visiting the European Decorative Arts Collection (room 66).
FLOOR 1 / EUROPEAN PAITING [room 52]
FLOOR 1 / EUROPEAN PAITING [room 57]
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Santa Catarina’s Mystic Wedding, 1660
FLOOR 1 / EUROPEAN PAITING [room 59]
Pieter Coecke van Aeist, Triptych of the Descent from the Cross, c. 1540 - 1545
FLOOR 1 / EUROPEAN PAITING [room 62]
Quentin Metsys, Altarpiece of Saint of Sorrows, 1509 - 1511
FLOOR 1 / EUROPEAN PAITING [room 61]
FLOOR 1 / EUROPEAN PAITING [room 65]
At the end of the visit enjoy a meal or a drink at the Museum restaurant and relax in the garden with a magnificent view over Lisbon and the Tagus River (access via the stairs next to the Patiño room; go down to your left).
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About Us
The Friends of the "Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga" is a non-profit cultural association, founded in 1912, which maintains a collective patronage action aimed at the acquisition, conservation, and enrichment of the Museum's collections.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT!
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN!