Oporto - Soares dos Reis National Museum

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Soares dos Reis National Museum 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

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Hobbies & Activities category: Archeological exhibit, museum; Fabrics, textiles, costumes exhibits; Furniture display; Paintings, art collections; Glass, porcelain, pottery exhibit; Gold, silver, metalworking exhibit; Architecture - Medieval; Prehistoric site or exhibit

Address

Soares dos Reis National Museum
Rua D. Manuel II
4050-342 Porto
Oporto
Portugal

Hours



Open	Closed	14:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed		18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00

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)