Lisbon Carriage Museum

The Carriage Museum in Lisbon has the status of a national museum, it is one of the most visited museums in the city. The expositions of the museum contain an extensive and very interesting collection of carriages, carriages, wagons belonging to different eras, peoples, estates and dynasties. Basically, the exhibits date from the beginning of the XVII and until the end of the XIX century.

The Carriage Museum in Lisbon is located in the Belem Palace, namely in the wing where the arena for training and showing horses is located. It was opened at the beginning of the XX century, in 1905. At that time, the museum was proudly called the “Museum of Transport” and had 29 exhibits. Today, the museum has a unique and extensive collection of vehicles, starting from the XVII century and ending with the appearance of the car. It includes carriages and crews of European royal courts, noble aristocratic families of England, France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Austria and other countries.

The arena for training horses is 50 meters long and 17 meters wide, and the best suited for demonstrating carriages and carriages. On the perimeter of the second floor are balconies, from where the nobles could watch the training of horses, and now from here you can view the entire collection of vehicles. The interior of the museum is skillfully decorated, there are paintings and paintings on the theme of riding. In addition to the carriages and carriages, there are stretchers and hearses, canopies and phaetons, convertibles and children's carts, and much more.