Out-of-the-way museums and sights, Lisbon

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Museu Nacional do azulejo (National Glazed Tile Museum) is installed in the former Madre de Deus Convent at Rua Madre de Deus 4 and it displays a collection of glazed tiles dating from the 15thC to the present day.

Entrance fee E3,00

Open:
Tuesday: 2pm-6pm
Wednesday to Sunday: 10am-6pm
Closed on Monday

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At the northern entrance of Lisbon, a beautiful complex of buildings and gardens is the place for the museums of costumes and theatre, both connected by the park of Monteiro-mor. It's not easy to reach, if you are not on wheels, but Metro (Lumiar) stops not to very far, and there are buses around (3,4,7,35,101, I think).

In the hot busy days it's a refreshing and interesting alternative to the mandatory places, crowded of tourists.

This aqueduct is one of the 4 places which are part of the Water Museum (Museu da Agua). In my opinion, this is the most interesting of the 4. The biggest arch is 65 meters tall and around 29 meters wide. The total length of the aqueduct is 941 meters. If you want to visit it, first you should contact the Museum.
The easiest way to get there is by bus (#2).

These bulls are shown at the station "Campo Pequeno".
At the other side you can see a toreador with his horse (see also my travelogue).
These images (all made out of azulejos) refer also to the "Corridas de Touros" (arena for bullfights) which is situated at Campo Pequeno.

A walk in the underground might sound a bit strange, but most of the stations are nicely decorated with the use of azulejos. They are beautiful and relatively easy to maintain. And besides that, azulejos are also part of the Portugese culture.
Some of the stations are certainly worth a visit, so just get off the metro and take a closer look.

Included in Belem complex, by the river, this museum uses some of the best buildings from the 1940 Expo.

It shows crafts from almost all the country, and if you have no opportunity to discover them in their original location, it may be a quick and easy way to find out what the Country produces in popular crafts.

Museu da Cidade (City Museum) documents the history of Lisbon in the different stages of its evolution. Organized chronologically, presenting the city's evolution from the earliest times to the twentieth century, through some of the most striking aspects of its history, the different dynastic crises, the Descobrimentos, the earthquake of 1755, or the establishment of the Republic, being not just Lisbon history but also Portugal's history. It's divided by periods or decisive events in the development of Lisbon, in its various aspects - urban, economic, political and social.
Located at Palácio Pimenta or Palácio Campo Grande it has relativelly large garden and a boxwood garden that retains almost its full original design. At one end there is a Jogo da Pela popular game in the eighteenth-century nobility, which is accessed through a mall decorated with mythological figures and busts of the polls coming from another Palace that no longer exists (Flor da Murta). More recently, in a lake were placed statues of mermaids and tritons that belonged to one of the fountains of the Passeio Publico (also no longer exists).
Several thematic exhibitions are regularly displayed at the gardens.

Museu da Cidade
Campo Grande, 245
Transports
Metro: Green Line / station Campo Grande
Bus: 7, 36, 47, 78, 96, 106, 108, 701, 738, 745, 750, 767, 777
Opening hours
Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00

The Museu da Água (water museum) is dedicated to the history of water supply to Lisbon, is divided into several sections: Aqueduto das Águas Livres, Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras, Reservatório da Patriarcal (Jardim Principe Real), Estação Elevatória dos Barbadinhos (Pumping Station). This is the only portuguese museum to be awarded the Council of Europe Museum Prize.
Each section is a monument per si.
The headquarters are at the Estação Elevatória dos Barbadinhos
Open - Monday to Saturday 10.00 - 18.00
Closed Sundays and Holidays