Places located at the junction of peoples, cultures and traditions are always interesting and very original, and this applies fully to Lisbon. The confluence of continents, the junction of traditions and religions, the oldest European history and a long Muslim rule - the combination of such complex, interesting and not too similar spheres made this city unique, vivid and not at all unlike anything.

This also applies to the museums of Lisbon. There are many unexpected, many colorful-original and many classic at the same time. There are also modernist museums with collections of modern art styles, there is a remarkable museum of ancient art with a huge classical collection, and there are unique museums reflecting regional specifics - the most interesting of them is probably the Azulezhu museum. Well, as usual in European capitals, there are many educational museums.

In the city there are 2 museums, reflecting its past in the most direct way: it is the city museum of Lisbon and the museum of the Roman theater. The city museum is dedicated to historical finds made in the city itself. The Museum of the Roman Theater is an open archaeological site over the remains of a Roman theater built in Lisbon about 2 thousand years ago.

The largest city museum is a museum of ancient art. A wonderful classic collection. Raphael's paintings, works of Hieronymus Bosch and thousands of other paintings, sculptures and decorative objects can all be found here.

In contrast, there is a modern art museum, large, with an interesting collection, in which you can find the works of Salvador Dali, Kazimir Malevich and Picasso, but besides them - a huge number of works of artists of the 20th century, almost unknown in Russia.

There are two educational museums - the Museum of Electricity and the Museum of Natural History. The Electricity Museum is located in a thermo station building, some parts are still working, and they can be viewed. The Natural History Museum (besides the proposed collection, which is collected almost 3 centuries) is also located in a remarkable botanical garden.

Perhaps, as a reflection of other contradictions in history, the most famous museums of Lisbon are not huge national complexes, but 3 not too large compared to them: the museum of Galust Gulbenkian, the carriage museum and the Azulezhu museum.

The museum of Galust Gulbenkian is opened by the private collector Galust Gulbenkian, and it is completely incomprehensible what to admire in the first place: Rembrandt and Rubens, Turner and Gainsborough, paintings by Claude Monet, Renoir and Degas are represented. And besides them - which only does not exist, from ancient Egyptian statues to decorations of the Art Deco era. A huge, interesting, complex collection, which not every national museum can boast of.

The carriage museum has the best collection in the world. This is a slightly frivolous museum with a variety of carriages, from magnificent gilt items from the era of French kings to gigs of the early 20th century. A separate joy is a wonderful old building, a riding arena.

The Maritime Museum is another museum with local specifics. The history of Portugal is inextricably linked with the sea. If you remember the history of the geographical Great Discoveries, you will not be surprised, and there really is something to see.

Another interesting museum is a museum of puppets. As you know, the puppet theater spread across Europe from the Mediterranean, so the appearance here of such a museum is more than logical.

In general, there are a lot of museums, ranging from beautiful classical to desperately avant-garde, there are also quite unique ones. Everyone will find a museum here to their liking.