6 History Museums in Porto That You Shouldn't Miss

July 13, 2021 Mollie Coke

The town that gave the country (and port wine) its very name, Porto is Portugal’s second-largest metropolis after Lisbon. Sometimes called Oporto, it's an age-old city that has one foot firmly in the industrial present. The old town, centered at Ribeira, was built on the hills overlooking the Douro River, and today is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 14th-century São Francisco church is a main attraction, as are the local port wine cellars, mostly located across the river at Vila Nova de Gaia.
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1. House of Filigree

Rua do Almada 10, Porto 4050-030 Portugal +351 22 766 2745 [email protected] http://houseoffiligree.com
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House of Filigree

House of Filigree é um museu dedicado à filigrana portuguesa. Com uma exposição em que que explica a técnica e um acervo de peças de filigrana dos séculos XIX ao XXI. No atelier, integrado no percurso, os artesãos trabalham ao vivo! Na boutique poderá comprar a autêntica filigrana feita à mão, tradicional ou contemporânea. Bilhete reembolsável na compra de uma peça de filigrana.

2. Museu Militar Do Porto

Rua do Heroismo 329, Porto 4300-259 Portugal +351 22 536 5514 http://www.exercito.pt/pt/quem-somos/organizacao/ceme/vceme/dhcm/porto
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Museu Militar Do Porto

Reviewed By bfltd0 - London, United Kingdom

This is a small but perfectly formed museum. It does not cover all areas of history of the Portuguese Armed Forces but it is informative about a country that didn't really hit the headlines militarily. The top floor toy soldier collection is impressive and encompasses several people's collections. The other two periods of history covered on the ground floor are short but sweet, and the main area of interest is in the pavilion in the back garden. This is where the bigger exhibits are and more modern conflicts are covered. Would have cost 3 euro each but we got 50% discount with the Porto card. The guy on the desk was fluent in English but the English translations on the exhibits could do with amending/improving. We arrived mid-morning and were so absorbed by the place that we finished looking around the pavilion after the museum had closed for lunch and the side door we had used to get into the garden was locked. We went into what we thought was a cafe and it turned out to be the staff room where they were tucking into their lunch! We simply walked out of the side gate.

3. Pharmacy Museum

Rua do Engenheiro Ferreira Dias 728, Porto 4100-246 Portugal +351 22 616 7995 [email protected] http://www.museudafarmacia.pt/
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Pharmacy Museum

The Pharmacy and Health Museum proposes an attractive and unusual experience through 5000 years of health history. Its vast collection includes objects of rare artistic, anthropological, and scientific value, describing a journey, where each civilization is portrayed under a narrative of disease-fighting and the seeking of healing and pain relief, since the first traces of life on earth until today, passing through cultures and civilizations as distinct in time and place as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Incas, the Aztecs, Islam, Africa, Tibet, China, Japan, among others. It is also possible to enter the extraordinary Islamic Pharmacy of the Ottoman Empire, which integrated the interior of a Damascus palace in the 19th century, as well as the Estácio Pharmacy, located at Sá da Bandeira street in Oporto.

4. MMIPO - Museu da Misericordia do Porto

Rua Flores 15, Porto 4050-265 Portugal +351 22 090 6960 [email protected] http://www.mmipo.pt
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MMIPO - Museu da Misericordia do Porto

Reviewed By apgteixeira - Porto, Portugal

The museum offers insight into the history of Porto and its people. The exhibition is very well structured and it is both in Portuguese and English. The price of the regular ticket is 5€ (student ticket - 2,50€). Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto is one of the oldest institutions in the city and its History is the history of the city.

5. Casa da Prelada

Rua dos Castelos 485, Porto 4250-118 Portugal +351 22 507 1230 [email protected] http://www.scmp.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=1394
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Casa da Prelada

6. Museu do Centro Hospitalar do Porto

R. Prof. Vicente Jose de Carvalho 3 la Stessa Sede Dell'ospedale, Porto 4050-623 Portugal http://www.museu.chporto.pt/
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Museu do Centro Hospitalar do Porto

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