Navy Museum
In the Jerónimos Monastery, the story of Portugal told through the sea: models of caravels and carracks, navigation instruments, royal barges and the Santa Cruz seaplane.
Navy Museum
The Navy Museum, housed in the west wing of the Jerónimos Monastery, tells the story of Portugal through the sea. It was created by decree on 22 July 1863, on the initiative of King Luís, from a collection of ship models that Queen Maria II had donated to the Royal Academy of Midshipmen. After a fire in 1916, several changes of name and a spell at the Palace of the Count of Farrobo, in Laranjeiras, it found a permanent home in Belém, where its new premises opened on 15 August 1962. The museum looks at the sea in the broadest sense – the Navy, trade, fishing and leisure – and its story starts mainly in the Age of Discovery. Models of caravels, carracks and steamships, navigation instruments, charts, paintings and photographs show how Portuguese life was shaped by departures and returns. The Galleys Pavilion holds the royal barges and the Santa Cruz seaplane, from the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic in 1922. A visit not to be missed for anyone arriving in Belém.
Located at: Museu de Marinha
Address: Praça do Império, 1400-206 Lisboa
Opening hours: 10:00-18:00 May to September, 10:00-17:00 October to April (on Mondays from October to May, opens at 13:00)
Phone: +351 210 977 388
Coordinates: 38.697473, -9.208039
Buses: 201, 714, 727, 728, 729, 751
Tram: 15E
Train: Cascais Line, Belém Station
Boat: Belém River Station
Opened: 1863 (163 years)
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