Avenida da Índia Gallery

Avenida da Índia Gallery – Contemporary Art Collection Space

The Avenida da Índia Gallery occupies a former industrial warehouse in Belém, on the avenue that runs between the river and the Jerónimos Monastery. The building belongs to a group of warehouses built in 1909 by José António dos Reis, linked to the Bom Sucesso flour mill, and bought by Lisbon City Council around 1940. After a fire in 1972, the old warehouses were taken over by artists, among them the sculptor Lagoa Henriques, with whom the Council agreed in 2001 to create a studio-museum in this very warehouse. Restored by EGEAC, the gallery was opened by the Municipal Galleries in November 2015 with the exhibition “Retornar – Traços de Memória” and became one of the city's spaces for contemporary art. In 2025 it became home to the Contemporary Art Collection – Lisboa Cultura, the city's municipal contemporary art collection, first shown in the exhibition “WHO WHERE / QUEM ONDE”. The Lisbon Archaeology Centre is in the same group of warehouses, and the Julião Sarmento Pavilion is right next door. Admission is free.

Located at: Galerias Municipais
Address: Av. da Índia, 170, Lisboa
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-18:00 (closed on Mondays)
Phone: +351 211 941 466
Coordinates: 38.6943, -9.21205
Buses: 729, 79B, 723
Tram: 15E
Opened: 2015 (11 years)