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Museum of Theater and Dance

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😐 Good place if you know the local artists or if you are really interested in stages. Many 3D miniatures of stage scenes and theatres. Outside the museum, six big pieces of recreation s based on the characters from Hieronymus Bosch's works. People often mention museum, garden, visit, Museum, theater, muito, interesting, para, museu, Portugal,


Address

Estr. do Lumiar 10, 1600-495 Lisboa, Portugal

Website

www.museudoteatroedanca.pt

Contact

+351 21 756 7410

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (580 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: 10 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 10 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM
  • Wednesday: 10 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM
  • Thursday: 10 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM
  • Friday: 10 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM
  • Saturday: 10 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM

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  • 3/5 Quali Y. 2 years ago on Google • 38 reviews
    Good place if you know the local artists or if you are really interested in stages. Many 3D miniatures of stage scenes and theatres. Outside the museum, six big pieces of recreation s based on the characters from Hieronymus Bosch's works.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Maryam K. 4 years ago on Google • 433 reviews
    I have been in many museum in Lisbon where I was the only visitor at that time, but I never felt like being followed as much as I was feeling in this museum. It is normal that the security should be inspecting the area of the visit, but in here the woman responsible was literally following me. I felt so uncomfortable, and I could not enjoy the museum at all. She was following me and walking with me in each room that i went and if i was not on her sight, like if there was an item on the middle of the room and i was on the other side, she changed her place and walk with her neck bending to my side to see where I am. It was very unpleasant and i felt offended. Regardless of that,the museum was very small. The first floor was temporary exhibition and second floor is the permanent exhibition. Permanent exhibition included the minature samples of theatre stage which was pretty interesting and a room full of photos of actors and some costumes related to the Ballet dancers. One other negative points was that there were no English translation for the description if any. The museum is conected to a very nice park which then tails to the other museum,museum of costumes.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 João X. 1 year ago on Google • 285 reviews
    A museum dedicated to theater and dance, inaugurated in 1977 and which seems to have stayed inalterable since then. The exhibition feels more like a collection of items concerning theater and dance of which it lacks a real and modern curatorial project. It is a small museum that shows a bit of everything, from objects and suits used in famous shows to models of theaters in Portugal. The palace in which the museum is housed is a 18c Joanine palace known as Paço do Lumiar. Of which only the outer façades survive, after years of abandonment and a fire in the 20c. The new interior and refurbishment was done to house the museum. Entrance may be acquired at the palace, and be combined with an entrance to the Museum of Costume and the Park. The museum doesn't get crowded. It is wheelchair accessible (Unlike the Park and the Museum of Costume).
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kristoffer N. 1 year ago on Google • 8 reviews
    The garden is a must see in Lisbon. It is partially wild and ancient, like a fairytale forest nested around the palace, with just the right light touch by human hand to make you think you are the first person to discover it in years. Like a forgotten hideaway. Yet there are large, open, well kept meadows perfect to stretch out on, with or without a picnic blanket. This place is magical. Bring kids, please. They will love it!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nadia De M. 2 years ago on Google • 61 reviews
    Small but beautiful. The park is pretty nice and you can see Margot Fontaine's ballet shoes. Cute for a Sunday afternoon when it's free. Otherwise is 3€
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Alex H. 1 month ago on Google • 451 reviews New
    Pretty cool to see the costumes and all. I don't know a lot about Portuguese theater but it was worth a walk through when visiting the gardens.

  • 5/5 Radu A. 1 year ago on Google • 217 reviews
    A great work. I would live to may have audio guide, but even so, the experince is incredibile. I totally agree with Mário Jacques that the state, we all should invest in this museum, and University and Museum, researchers should work together to keep alive traces of this phenomenum we call theatre.

  • 5/5 Salwa F. 2 years ago on Google • 102 reviews
    An archive preserving the memories and history of performing arts in Portugal: Theatre, Dance and Opera. Worth a visit.

  • 4/5 Paula A. 4 months ago on Google • 101 reviews
    We went to see the Gil Vicente exhibition, which was good. The outside exhibits were pretty good. The garden / park was for me, my favourite part - due to my personal preferences. The cafeteria and restaurant were closed on that day (not sure if they are permanently closed or not), which was a shame, as we would have made better use of our time by going there. It feels like they could use more funding

  • 3/5 Alex S. 1 year ago on Google • 99 reviews
    Pleasant but short visit. It probably has a lot more interest and meaning if you are Portugese! If combined with the garden and the costume (clothing), museum, it can be worth the trip. 15 to 25 minutes sufficed for us, at each venue. Slow travel there, if you are using public transit.

  • 4/5 Paula L. 1 month ago on Google • 78 reviews New
    Place with enormous potential, but in need of some renovations, mainly to the walls and surrounding garden. Wonderful botanical wealth.

  • 5/5 Nuno Ribeiro O. 7 months ago on Google • 70 reviews
    Beautiful garden. Top 5 Lisbon's garden. Old and charming, big and public

  • 5/5 Maria de Lurdes F. 1 month ago on Google • 52 reviews New
    Excellent exhibition on Gil Vicente’s theater. Excellent guide!

  • 3/5 Rui Matias P. 1 month ago on Google • 39 reviews New
    Museum dedicated essentially to the history of theater, the majority of the collection is related to historical authors. The feeling is that time has stopped.

  • 5/5 José P. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very nice, well arranged and appealing. (Original) Muito agradável, bem arranjado e apelativo.

  • 5/5 Rui G. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Well kept museum, very cute to see. It is strolling in the adjacent gardens. (Original) Museu bem cuidado, muito giro para se ver. É passear nos jardins adjacentes.

  • 2/5 Francisco B. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I found mt weak, the history of the theater in this country deserved something better (Original) Achei mt fraco, a história do teatro neste país merecia algo melhor

  • 5/5 elisabeth b. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very interesting (Original) Très intéressant

  • 5/5 Ana Paula T. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful garden, beautiful for wedding photos (Original) Lindos Jardim.....lindo pra fotos de casamentos

  • 4/5 Jose Pedro L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Great. (Original) Excelente.

  • 3/5 Adérito L. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) This museum is worth especially for the visit accompanied by the guide Olga. This collaborator of the museum makes it more interesting than what it is. She can create a coherence in the visit. I think it is practically useless to pay a visit to this museum without the accompaniment of a guide. The theater is a living object and this museum is very outdated and very incomplete. There are many missing references. A lot of them. There is no chronological organization. The space is very friendly but very small for the theater museum. Fortunately, a theater museum in Portugal needs to be much bigger. However, after all, it's better than nothing ... (Original) Este museu vale sobretudo pela visita acompanhada pela guia Olga. Esta colaboradora do museu torna-o mais interessante do que aquilo que ele propriamente é. Ela consegue criar uma coerência na visita. Penso que seja praticamente inútil fazer uma visita a este museu sem o acompanhamento de um guia. O teatro é um objeto vivo e este museu está muito desatualizado e muitíssimo incompleto. Há muitas referências em falta. Muitas mesmo. Não há uma organização cronológica. O espaço é muito simpático, mas muito pequeno para museu do teatro. Felizmente, um museu do teatro em Portugal precisa de ser muito maior. No entanto, apesar de tudo, é melhor que nada...

  • 4/5 J. J. Miranda A. 6 years ago on Google
    for cozy small lunch. Lovely old garden

  • 3/5 Pedro M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The museum is reasonable and without many points of interest. It is worth the visit to the garden although it needs some improvements. On good days it is possible to picnic and rest in the meadow, as it is called. (Original) O museu é razoável e sem muitos pontos de interesse. Vale a pena a visita ao jardim apesar de necessitar de alguns melhoramentos. Nos dias de bom tempo é possível fazer pic-nic e descansar no prado, como é chamado.

  • 4/5 Sophie H. 5 years ago on Google
    Fascinating museum - well worth a visit.

  • 5/5 Rui S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Theater activity for the little ones with Natasha (Palco do Chocolate (, my daughter is enjoying it, "It was good, it was cute"). (Original) Atividade teatro dos mais pequenos com Natasha (Palco do Chocolate (, a minha filha está a gostar, "Foi bom, foi giro".

  • 5/5 Graça L. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) An Oasis in Lisbon (Original) Um oasis em Lisboa

  • 4/5 antonio c. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is really worth going to this museum (Original) Vale mesmo a ida a este museu

  • 5/5 Roldan G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) You have to get to know! (Original) Tens de vir a conhecer!

  • 2/5 José G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The main building is closed for works !! (Original) O edifício principal está encerrado para obras!!

  • 1/5 Alexandre F. 3 years ago on Google
    Closed, and no date when it will open...

  • 2/5 João Guilherme V. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Closed, without opening forecast. (Original) Fechado, sem previsão de abertura.

  • 1/5 Pascal C. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Currently it is a scam, there is nothing to do with a museum, 10 unspecified costumes duel in a single room and 4 decorative accessories outside. (Original) Actuellement c est une arnaque, il n y a rien a voir avec un musee, 10 costumes quelconques se bataillent en duel dans une simple pièce et 4 accessoires de decor à l extérieur.

  • 4/5 Miguel P. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice setting and very quaint

  • 4/5 Diogo C. 7 years ago on Google
    Whether you are going to the theater or you are just enjoying the garden, take a look at the exhibition inside the museum. It is very interesting to learn more about the Portuguese art culture.

  • 5/5 jorge s. 2 years ago on Google
    There for mediaval and renaiscence music experience lute and voice

  • 5/5 Octavian C. 6 years ago on Google
    Really lovely, children oriented. Plenty of back stage material and costumes. A theatre museum is hardly recommended for international tourist, as it is naturally oriented to the local history. This one overcomes the issue. And the location in the heart of the botanical garden is definitely a plus !

  • 4/5 Wilson Miguel Ferreira Pontes C. 7 years ago on Google
    These museums share their location with the Natinonal Traje Museum. They share a beautiful garden. The Theater Museum contains pieces of clothing, plays, and many other items related with the Portuguese theater. The Classic Dance Museum is quite small but not of small interest. (Free to visit at the first Sunday of the month)

  • 4/5 Isabel R. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good traditional cuisine. Very friendly service. In the case of groups the service becomes slow. Delicious desserts (Original) Boa cozinha tradicional. Atendimento muito simpático. No caso de grupos o serviço tornar-se lento. Sobremesas deliciosas

  • 3/5 Fernando M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A nice space. (Original) Um espaço agradável.

  • 4/5 Magali R. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Superb park (Original) Parc superbe

  • 5/5 Tomas G. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) This one has to be visited. (Original) Este tem que se visitar.

  • 5/5 Edmundo B. 4 years ago on Google
    wonderful place to visit, lunch or rest

  • 2/5 Maria T. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very poor restaurant ... (Original) Restaurante muito pobrezinho...

  • 5/5 Isabel F. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Natural beauty (Original) Beleza natural

  • 5/5 Sebastião N. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very interesting to visit (Original) Muito interessante fazer uma visita

  • 3/5 Patricia H. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Interesting history (Original) História interessante

  • 5/5 Nuno S. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Top garden (Original) Jardim top

  • 5/5 Luísa M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The cafeteria is super nice, the gardens are beautiful! The Museum is closed for works! ? (Original) A cafetaria é super agradável, o jardins lindos! O Museu está fechado para obras! ?

  • 3/5 Maria da Luz M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The museums are both very interesting. They have very interesting spoils. They have excellent garden / green spaces. They deserve to be visited. I have visited them many times. I've done work with students about Costume's (awarded). However: They urgently need to lose the musty smell, to modernize, to find new exhibition solutions, to rethink communication for the visitor. They have very interesting reserve collections. They cannot always be the same (in permanent exhibitions - for so long). More needs to be done to call the public. I took a young board working in London and around the world. It was disappointing. I've been making excuses for how little there was to give. I am going to do some work on student attire this year and on a colleague's proposal to go to the Costume Museum, I said I wouldn't go. It would not be interesting to them. They also need cleaning / arrangement in the forest areas. One wonders if it is a safe area. But I want to take them back. (Original) Os museus são ambos muito interessantes. Têm espólios muito interessantes. Têm espaços de jardim/verdes excelentes. Merecem ser visitados. Já os visitei muitas vezes. Já fiz trabalhos com alunos sobre o do Traje (premiados). No entanto: Necessitam, com urgência de perder o cheiro a mofo, de modernizar, de encontrar novas soluções expositivos, de repensar a comunicação para o visitante. Têm acervos de reserva interessantíssimos. Não podem estar sempre iguais (nas exposições permanentes - por tanto tempo). Há que fazer mais para chamar o público. Levei jovem quadro que trabalha em Londres e pelo mundo. Foi dececionante. Estive a arranjar desculpas para o pouco que havia para dar. Vou fazer um trabalho sobre o traje com alunos, este ano e perante a proposta de ida ao Museu do Traje, de uma colega, disse que não ia. Não seria interessante para eles. Também necessitam de limpeza/arranjos nas zonas de mata. Fica-se na dúvida sobre se é uma área segura. Mas quero voltar a levá-los.

  • 4/5 Cely. M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) National Museum of Theater and Dance. Russian ballets are in the history of dance and even probably in the history of preformative arts, the company that most texts, publications, conferences, books, catalogs, exhibitions and films originated and continues to originate on an almost planetary scale.  From her troubled time in Lisbon, in a revolutionary Lisbon in the year 17/18, of the Ballets Russes, almost nothing was left except for the reception she had in the press at the time. But it remained, and above all the influence that the Ballet Russes had on some of our greatest artists, with Almada Negreiros at the head, not forgetting Antonio Ferro who, without being an artist, the fascination that company aroused led him to create later, 1940 The ballet company Verde Gaio, the first Portuguese dance company, conceived to our scale and dimension.  The National Theater Museum, designated the National Theater and Dance Museum since January 2015, was opened in 1985. It is inserted in the Paço do Lumiar area in the former palace of Monteiro - Mor, and is visitable from 10h00 to 18h00.  Has restaurant and cafeteria Free: Sundays and holidays from 10h00 to 14h00.  It has about 250,000 pieces, including sets, costumes, costumes, stage props, posters and programs, and photographs! (Original) Museu Nacional do teatro e da Dança. Os ballets Russes são na história da dança e até provavelmente na história das artes preformativas, a companhia que mais textos, publicações, conferências, livros, catálogos, exposições e filmes originou e continua a originar, a uma escala quase planetária. Da sua atribulada passagem por Lisboa, numa Lisboa em revolução no ano1917/18 , dos Ballets Russes quase nada restou com a exceção da receção que a mesma teve na imprensa de então . Mas restou, e sobretudo a influência que os Ballet Russes tiveram em alguns dos nossos maiores artistas, com Almada Negreiros à cabeça, não esquecendo António Ferro que, sem ser artista, o fascínio que aquela companhia lhe despertou levou-o a criar mais tarde, 1940 a companhia de bailados Verde Gaio, a primeira companhia portuguesa de dança, concebida à nossa escala e dimensão. O museu Nacional do Teatro, designado Museu Nacional do Teatro e da Dança desde Janeiro de 2015, foi inaugurado em 1985. Está inserido na zona do Paço do Lumiar no antigo palácio do Monteiro - Mor, e é visitável das 10h00 às 18h00. Tem restaurante e cafetaria Gratuito: domingos e feriados das 10h00 às 14h00. Do seu espólio conta com cerca de 250.000 peças, incluindo cenários, trajes, figurinos, adereços de cena, cartazes e programas, e fotografias!

  • 5/5 Vitoria Ferreira da C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) My favorite place in Lisbon not to say in Portugal. To know a little about the history of Portugal and the theater, visiting the Museum is essential for culture lovers. Visitors have the possibility to go back in time and visit not only the Botanical Garden but also also the Palace that today is the Costume Museum, simply a magnificent 3 in 1 walk. (Original) Meu lugar preferido em Lisboa para não dizer em Portugal.Para conhecer um pouco da história de Portugal e do teatro visitar o Museu é imprescindível para os amantes da cultura.O visitante tem a possibilidade de voltar no tempo e visitar não só o Jardim botânico como também o Palácio que hoje é o Museu do Traje ,simplesmente um passeio magnífico 3 em 1.

  • 4/5 Cristina C. 3 years ago on Google
    O museu em si é muito bonito, mas podia ter os jardins mais cuidados.

  • 3/5 Renaat 7 years ago on Google
    Museum itself is worth the visit, the gardens need some cleaning up though.

  • 4/5 Andrew W. 5 years ago on Google
    Lovely museum

  • 4/5 Miguel D. 7 years ago on Google
    A small museum with an interesting exhibit about theatre and dance in Portugal.

  • 4/5 Adriano E. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Needs maintenance. (Original) Precisa de manutenção.

  • 5/5 Nestor R. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) great, very good ... (Original) genial, muy bien...

  • 3/5 dedro p. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Regrettably, the gardens have enormous potential but are being abandoned. If they are not they seem (sit down). The buildings and the urban furniture that there are by the enclosure already have seen better days. (Original) Lamentavelmente, os jardins tem um enorme potencial mas estão ao abandono. Se não estão parecem (sente-se). Os edifícios e o mobiliário urbano que há pelo recinto já viram melhores dias.

  • 5/5 Nelson R. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Fascinating (Original) Fascinante

  • 4/5 Pedro F. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Worth remembering (Original) Vale a pena relembrar

  • 4/5 Cláudia F. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I loved the visit, and as I went to Sunday morning the entrance was free, I just did not like the stairs. (Original) Adorei a visita, e como fui ao domingo de manhã a entrada foi gratuita, só não gostei das escadas.

  • 4/5 Manuel A. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Parts of our ancestors. (Original) Peças dos nossos antepassados.

  • 4/5 Paulo F. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Although the reduced space has items that are very interesting. (Original) Apesar do espaço reduzido tem itens que são muito interessantes.

  • 5/5 Ana M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) very beautiful (Original) Muito bonito

  • 4/5 Tiago S. 7 years ago on Google
    Big garden área that is shared by both spaces. Has some lakes with fishes and nice treea

  • 5/5 Filipa L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Museum with beautiful gardens where you can spend an excellent afternoon with the family (Original) Museu com jardins lindíssimos onde se pode passar uma excelente tarde em família

  • 1/5 Liliane Van W. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Not accessible to the electric wheelchair. Outside, it's a very nice place, but difficult to ride. (Original) Non accessible au fauteuil roulant électrique. D'extérieur, c'est un très bel endroit, mais difficile de circuler en fauteuil.

  • 5/5 Herlander L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very good (Original) Muito bom

  • 5/5 Maria Isabel P. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I strongly recommend (Original) Recomendo vivamente ?

  • 5/5 Maria J. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The garden is worth the visit. It is a botanical garden of centuries-old trees from the most varied points of the globe. The ensemble is lush in a romantic-style garden.Only critical: it has several points that denote some sloppiness of the gardening team. Even so, worth the visit. (Original) O jardim vale a visita. É um jardim botânico de árvores centenárias dos mais variados pontos do globo. O conjunto é luxuriante num jardim de estilo romântico.Unica crítica : tem vários pontos que denotam algum desleixo da equipa de jardinagem. Mesmo assim,vale a visita.

  • 5/5 João L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I love it, a long time ago !!! (Original) Adoro, há muito tempo!!!

  • 3/5 360 V. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A well located museum but it has to grow a little more. (Original) Um museu bem localizado mas tem que crescer um pouco mais.


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