Museums and Palaces

The museum is housed in the Palácio Pimenta, a mid-18C summer residence. The living quarters, all decorated with azulejo panels from the reign of D. João V - including a chapel, kitchen, pantry, bedroom and rooms - have been used to reconstitute an "Ensemble d´Époque", evoking life in the 18C and forming an integral part of the museum space.

The museum has a vast collection of archaeology, painting, drawings, engravings and engraved stones, etc., illustrating the history of Lisbon from prehistoric and Roman times to the 19C, with special attention to the Baroque and Pombaline periods.

Particularly impressive is the large model of the city before the earthquake in 1755, made in the 1950´s by Ticiano Violante under the guidance of the great Lisbon historian Gustavo de Matos Sequeira.