Top Things to do in Porto District
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10 History Museums in Porto District That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Porto District, Portugal including Casa Museu de Vilar, The Interpretation Centre of the Romanesque, Interpretive Center of Monte do Padrao, House of Filigree, Museu Municipal de Penafiel, Museu Militar Do Porto, Centro Interpretativo do Patrimonio da Afurada, Nau Quinhentista, Museu Municipal Povoa de Varzim, Pharmacy Museum.
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1. Casa Museu de Vilar
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
the casa museu de vilar is a small museum devoted to the art of the moving pictures. there are 3 exhibition rooms: pre cinema, the art of abi feijo and regina pessoa and the international animation. we also can organize animation workshops and animations screenings. We also have an animation library, an animation workshop and a small animation shop.
2. The Interpretation Centre of the Romanesque
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
The Interpretation Centre of the Romanesque, promoted by the Route of the Romanesque, opened to the public on September 27, 2018, in the town of Lousada, Porto. The exhibition concept behind this major venue for the dissemination of historical-cultural heritage stands out for the boldness of its architecture, but also for the multiple interactive experiences provided by its museographic contents. In addition to a reception, a bar and a library, the CIR comprises an exhibition area with approximately 650 square meters, organised in large central foyer and six theme-based rooms: Territory and Establishment of Portugal; Medieval Society; The Romanesque; The Builders; Symbolism and Colour; Monuments Over Time. Thus, the Interpretation Centre of the Romanesque emerges as the ideal setting for you to start your journey of discovery of the Route of the Romanesque and its territory of influence, as well as of the art and symbolism that marked Portugal and Europe over in the Middle Ages.
3. Interpretive Center of Monte do Padrao
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
4. House of Filigree
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
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.
5. Museu Municipal de Penafiel
6. Museu Militar Do Porto
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4.5 based on 35 reviews
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.
7. Centro Interpretativo do Patrimonio da Afurada
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4.5 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By Paula_Trav - Helsinki, Finland
This is a small museum definitely worth visiting if you wish to undertand something about the importance of fishing in the village of Afurada (and similar places in Portugal) and the hardships associated to it. Even though small scale, the exhibition is clearly well thought out and beautifully arranged. When we visited the museum, there was an English-speaking gentleman who was able to answer our additional questions. I personally think that a visit to this small museum (and other small local museums) also serves as support and encouragement for local people to actively preserve local history and way of life, and to be proud of it.
8. Nau Quinhentista
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4.5 based on 124 reviews
Reviewed By hans-jaguar - Santa Comba Dao, Portugal
The Nau Quinhentista is located just across the street in front of the museu “Alfandega Régia”, it is a replica from a Portuguese vessel from the North Atlantic career of the beginning of the 16th century, the vessel was designed by Admiral Rogério d'Oliveira and built at the Samuel & Filhos shipyards, which until 1993 were located in this same place. With a length of 27.50 meters, a width of 7.70 meters, a height of 4.75 meters, and a weight of around 300 tons. On the inside, you can see various reproductions of life on board that time, such as the crew members' quarters, places and ways of storing goods, disposal of cartographic material and instruments to aid navigation, artillery pieces, ballast, among others , in order to represent the complexity faced by navigators on their voyages on the high seas. O location not to be missed.
9. Museu Municipal Povoa de Varzim
10. Pharmacy Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 31 reviews
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.
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