At Jerónimos, Portugal's great archaeology collection, founded in 1893; closed for refurbishment since 2022.

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.

In Príncipe Real, the University of Lisbon's museum: dinosaurs, the Laboratorio Chimico and four centuries of science in the old Polytechnic School.

In Carrilho da Graça's former Expo '98 pavilion, the country's largest science centre, with hundreds of hands-on exhibits.

At Campo Grande, the country's largest library, founded in 1796, in a Pardal Monteiro building with free exhibitions.

The kingdom's archive since the 14th century, now in a pyramidal 1990 building by the University City, with exhibitions.

In Lumiar, the museum of the history of dress, with some forty thousand pieces, set in the Monteiro-Mor Botanical Park. The museum is temporarily closed; the park is open.

In the Palácio do Monteiro-Mor, over 300,000 items from the performing arts; closed for refurbishment works.

In Campo Grande since 1916, the house museum of Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro's caricatures, ceramics and Zé Povinho.

On Rua Augusta, the former Banco Nacional Ultramarino turned into Portugal's great design museum, reopened in 2024 with the Francisco Capelo Collection.

At Campo Pequeno, the Caixa's arts centre: theatre, dance, music, film and contemporary art exhibitions since 1993.

On Rua Barata Salgueiro, Lisbon's home of cinema: daily screenings in seasons, temporary exhibitions, a bookshop and a terrace.