It is located on the first floor of the Municipal Library building, which originally housed the palace of the Barons of Almeirim, a characteristic Ribatejo mansion remodeled in the 19th century. This Museum Centre presents an important artistic and bibliographic collection, highlighting collections of painting, furniture, decorative art and sculpture, in addition to an interesting and unusual bookstore. Collections from the Camões Library and a collection of contemporary art can also be seen.

The municipal museum is located in the São João de Alporão Church, a Roman-Gothic monument of the 13th century. It has a highly valuable archaeological and cultural collection, with collections of archaeology, ethnology, numismatics and art.

The municipal library, placed at the Braamcamp Freire palace, is one of the largest in the country, with a bibliographic collection of more than 70000 works of art. One of the bibliographic founds with great importance is the Braamcamp Freire library, with acquisitions and offers, manuscripts, the archive of the house itself, old volumes and XIV/XV centuries manuscripts of great historic value, first editions and precious books.

At the Ribatejo capital, the “festa brava” gains redoubled importance and notability. For the lovers, the bullfight square Celestino Graça is a place of essential visit.

Space where several shows take place.

Space where several shows take place.

This is an Interpretive Centre the Alcazaba de Santarém, currently occupied by the Jardim das Portas do Sol, which features the oldest and most important traces of the human occupation of Santarém. The showroom has a combination of traditional showcases with a multimedia component, as well as an interactive showcase with some explanations in his own Roman ruins.