Famous for its outstanding quality and breadth, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian showcases an epic collection of Western and Eastern art.
The chronological romp kicks off with highlights such as gilded Egyptian mummy masks, Mesopotamian urns, elaborate Persian carpets and Qing porcelain (note the grinning Dogs of Fo).
Going west, art buffs bewonder masterpieces by Rembrandt (Portrait of an Old Man), Van Dyck and Rubens (including the frantic Loves of the Centaurs ). Be sure to glimpse Rodin´s passionate Spring Kiss.
The grand finale is the collection of exquisite René Lalique jewellery, including the otherworldly Dragonfly.
Don´t miss the free classical concerts at noon on Sunday.

The Museu Arqueológico do Carmo was set up to safeguard religious treasures after the abolition of religious orders in 1834.

It has an outstanding collection of 14th-century carved tombs, some prehistoric implements and a dishevelled trio of mummies - one battered Egyptian and two gruesome 16th-century Peruvians.

The presentation of the Berardo Collection Museum offers an overview, a panorama of the creation of plastic arts in the twentieth century and the beginning of the XXI century, particularly in European and American art. Reflecting all the richness of the history, styles, origins mediums and techniques of the works from the collection, and provides a journey through the modern and contemporary Portuguese artistic creation, focusing on its originality and the place it occupies on the international scene.

The Berardo Collection Museum offers visitors not only the richness of its permanent collection through a route regularly renewed, but also a wide range of temporary exhibitions that allow a broadening of the scope of the collection and deepen certain problematic topics or approaches.

The Museu de Marinha lies in the Praça do Império, at Belém and occupies the north and west wings of the Jerónimos monastery.