Description
(Local Name: Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis) Some 500m/550yd northwest of the Campo dos Mártires, in Rua de Dom Manuel II, the Palácio dos Carrancas, built in 1795 as a royal palace, now houses the Soares dos Reis National Museum. The museum's collections are of prehistoric and Roman antiquities, medieval and modern sculpture, pictures, pottery and porcelain, goldsmith's work, furniture and textiles.

The art collection deserves special mention, including as it does work by the Oporto sculptor Soares dos Reis (1847 99; "O Desterrado", "Inglesa", "Flor Agreste"), and by Teixeira Lopes ("Infância de Caim") and Diogo de Macedo. In the field of painting the 16th C. Portuguese school is represented by Vasco Fernandes and Frei Carlos, the 19th and 20th C. by Henrique Pousao (collection of his principal works), Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, António Carneiro, António Carvalho da Silva Porto, Marques de Oliveira, Aurélia de Sousa ("Self portrait"), Eduardo Viana and Dordio Gomes ("Casas de Malakoff"). Works by non Portuguese artists include pictures by Frenchmen Jean Clouet and Jean Baptiste Pillement.
Do-It-Yourself Tours
Address
Soares dos Reis National Museum
Rua D. Manuel II
4050-342 Porto
Oporto
Portugal
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed14:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Good Friday - Christian
Anniversity of the Revolution - Portugal (April 25)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
National Day - Portugal (June 10)
Corpus Christi - Christian
Assumption Day - Christian (August 15)
Republic Day - Portugal (October 5)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Independence Day - Portugal (December 1)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Cost
Adult3.00 Euros
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Transit
Buses: 3, 20, 35, 37, 52, 78
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