Lisbon

Puppet Museum

Rua da Esperan a 146, 1200-660 Lisboa, Portugal

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The museum is located in a restored old building, which once housed the monastery. A huge number of tourists annually come here to learn more about the history of this art form, to get acquainted with the characteristic features of the cultural life of the XVII and XVIII centuries.

The museum presents interesting videos, which show numerous performances, performances, rituals, various celebrations and interesting shows in which fabulous puppets are involved. The museum exhibits a rich collection of puppets of various ways of their creation, as well as a large number of masks that display various traditional cultures of many peoples and countries from around the world.

The museum has a special room for children, in which they frolic and play with great pleasure. The creators of the museum consider its main mission to form an idea of the history of puppets and their role in world art.

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