National Theatre Museum

The National Theatre Museum, located in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, dates back to the beginning of the XX century. It was then that the future founders of the museum began to collect items related to the development of the theater in the country. The museum was officially established in 1982 and opened on February 4, 1985. It occupies the premises of the old two-storey palace of Monteiro Mor, built in the late XVIII century and surrounded by a beautiful garden.

The expositions of the museum introduce visitors to the performing arts of Portugal: from its origins to the present day. The collection of exhibits has more than 300 thousand items, among which you can see costumes, props, scenery, posters and programs. The museum contains 120,000 photographs taken before, during and after performances in various theaters of the country.

Temporary exhibitions tell about the country's theater groups and famous artists. In the building of the National Museum there is also a library, which contains 35 thousand volumes about the performing arts in Portugal, a small hall with 80 seats, where demonstrations of performances are held with subsequent discussion, a souvenir shop and a cafe.