Faro - Archeological Museum

(Local Name: Museu Arqueológico) A few hundred meters south of the Cathedral, on the Praça Afonso III, stands the Archeological Museum, housed in the former convent of Nossa Senhora da Assunçao, a house of St Clare founded in 1518. In addition to the exhibits (especially finds from Milreu), the two story cloister is particularly worthy of attention. Other rooms grouped around the cloister house the private collection of the diplomat and art lover Ferreira d'Almeida, including mainly 19th C. paintings but also portraits, silver and glass.