Prazeres Cemetery Museum
In the chapel of the 19th-century Prazeres Cemetery, funeral objects and the old autopsy room; the museum section is being redone.
Prazeres Cemetery Museum – Chapel
Since 2001 the chapel of the Prazeres Cemetery has housed a museum section with a collection of objects related to funeral rites, together with the old autopsy room. The cemetery, opened in 1833 during the cholera epidemic, is made up almost entirely of private family tombs, for which Lisbon’s most prominent families hired architects, draughtsmen, sculptors and other artists, and it is therefore presented as an open-air museum. Countless notable figures rest here, along avenues of tombs that form the largest and oldest group of cypress trees in the Iberian Peninsula, on a hilltop overlooking the Tagus and the 25 de Abril Bridge. The cemetery can be explored independently or on the free guided tours run by Lisbon City Council, subject to prior registration. In 2024 a municipal guide said the museum section was being redone, and there is no recent official information on its reopening, so it is best to check that it is open before going.
Located at: Visit Lisboa
Address: Cemitério dos Prazeres, Praça São João Bosco, 1350-297 Lisboa
Opening hours: Cemetery: daily 09:00-17:00. Chapel museum section being redone (opening to be confirmed)
Phone: +351 213 961 511
Coordinates: 38.7136894, -9.1711875
Buses: 701, 709, 774, 65B, 712, 742, 773, 64B, 713, 751
Tram: 25E, 28E
Train: Cintura Line, Alcântara-Terra Station
Opened: 2001 (25 years)
