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Cultural Centers in Lisboa
Biblioteca Municipal Central - Palácio das Galveias
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Campo Pequeno, 53
1049-046, Lisboa
Set of documental funds with monographs and publishing. It has a Legal depository since 1931 containing almost all the national library. Free internet access, multimedia and lending of books in the juvenile room.
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
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Campo Grande, 83
1749-081, Lisboa
National bibliographic patrimony composed by about 2 million and a half volumes classified in separate nucleuses: Reserved (print, manuscript and archive), General Fund (monographs and periodicals) and special funds (mapping, iconography, music and special reading). Presence library with access reserved for people over 18, only card holders are allowed.
Biblioteca da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
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Rua da Academia das Ciências, 19
1249-122, Lisboa
Museu da Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva
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Praça das Amoreiras, 56
1250-020, Lisboa
Museum placed at the former Real Fábrica dos Tecidos de Seda, in a repaired building from the XVIII century and adapted to lodge a museum and a documentation and investigation centre. It has a permanent exhibition with works of two painters.
Museu Benfica - Cosme Damião
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Avenida Eusébio da Silva Ferreira - Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
1500-313, Lisboa
Benfica Museum - Cosme Damião assembles the great themes of the history of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, of the city of Lisbon, and of the world. Visiting the Museum allows visitors to get to know and remember the trophies, the facts, and the names that helped Sport Lisboa e Benfica become a world-class sports club.
Museu Militar de Lisboa
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Largo do Museu de Artilharia
1100-366, Lisboa
With ceilings painted by Portuguese artists from the XIX century, this museum exhibits, essentially, arms collections, such as a collection of old cannons. It also has archaeology, photography, dresses and history collections. Its permanent exhibition is dedicated to the Portuguese military history, since the XV century until nowadays.
Museu do Sporting Clube de Portugal
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Rua Professor Fernando da Fonseca
1750, Lisboa
The Sporting Museum tells the history of Sporting Clube de Portugal since its foundation, with about 1000 objects in permanent collection and 5000 in reserve visitable and presents itself completely renovated. A unique and unforgettable venue for any sports fan.
Fórum Lisboa
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Avenida de Roma, 14
1000-265, Lisboa
Opened in November, 18th, 1997, the Forum Lisboa is a cultural space placed in the recovered cinema Roma working also as the permanent headquarters of the Lisbon Municipal Assembly. The cinema Roma, opened in 1957 and inactive since August, 1988, is now remodelled, it has a large playhouse equipped with the most modern screening technologies, sound and image. The Forum Lisboa has an auditorium where several cultural events take place.
Museu da Carris
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Rua 1º de Maio, 101-103
1300-472, Lisboa
With its museum, the Carris divulges to the public its memories and the contribution along more than one century to the growth of Lisbon. The Carris museum has two exhibition nucleuses, allowing the visitor a journey through times, with the documents and objects shown: reports, pictures, uniforms, transport tickets, official equipment, lifts, trams and buses.
Museu da Marinha
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Praça do Império
1400-206, Lisboa
Here you will find collections of historic cartography, traditional boats, navigation instruments, models of ships and boats, among other curiosities that illustrate the maritime history and activity of the Portuguese. Worthy of notice are the models of ships from the Discoveries period, sailing-boats from the XVIII century and ships with mixed propulsion, from the XIX until the XX century.