National Sports Museum

The National Sports Museum, located in the heart of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, is one of the newest museums in the country. It was opened in 2012 in the old mansion "Palace of Foz", built in the late XIX century.

The museum expositions introduce visitors to the history of sports in Portugal. The collection of the museum is more than 60 thousand items, including personal belongings of Portuguese athletes, photographs, audio and video materials. The most interesting exhibits are the sweater of the athlete Rosa Mota, the shoes of the Olympic champion in 2008, the jumper Nelson Évora and the golden boot of the famous football player Eusebio Sakristan Mena. The library at the museum has a large number of documents, periodicals and monographs. It contains the book of the XVI century “The Art of Gymnastics”.