All industrial & heritage museums to visit in Portugal

Explore the impact of industry on society at 10 industrial heritage museums in Portugal. These museums showcase the history of manufacturing, technology, and labor.

Are you curious about the history of industry and innovation? These are the top industrial heritage museums in Portugal:

  1. City of Sugar Museum1

    City of Sugar Museum

     Funchal
    Museum dedicated to one of the island's former greatest resource of wealth - sugar. Artifacts regarding the manufacture and trade are on display.
  2. Carris Museum2

    Carris Museum

     Lisbon
    Museum Carris (Museu da Carris) is a museum in Lisbon that is dedicated to the past, present and future of public transport in Lisbon. In addition to permanent exhibitions, the museum organizes various cultural events. The Carris Museum in Lisbon is setup in chronological order, with its exhibitions
  3. Museum of the Orient3

    Museum of the Orient

     Lisbon
    What used to be an industrial building is now Museu do Oriente (Museum of the Orient). Opened in 2008, this Museum of the Orient houses an extensive collection of items from various parts of Asia, including Turkey, Japan, China and India. Its exhibitions show the connection between distant cultures,
  4. Mãe D’Água Amoreiras Reservoir - Museu da Água4

    Mãe D’Água Amoreiras Reservoir - Museu da Água

     Lisbon
    Mãe D’Água Amoreiras Reservoir - Museu da Água (The reservoir of the Mother of Water of the Amoreiras) commonly known by Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras, is the deposit (the chalice) that collects the waters coming from the Águas Livres aqueduct, in the district of Lisbon. It was designed in 1745 and compl
  5. Military Museum5

    Military Museum

     Lisbon
    The Military Museum of Lisbon (Museu Militar de Lisboa) is located in the Largo dos Caminhos de Ferro in Lisbon and is the largest military museum in Portugal and one of the oldest museums in the city of Lisbon. In the Vasco da Gama Room it includes a collection of ancient cannons and modern murals
  6. Cordoaria Nacional6

    Cordoaria Nacional

     Lisbon
    The Cordoaria Nacional is a former naval rope-making factory in Lisbon that is now an exhibition centre. The exhibition centre/museum features rotating exhibitions.
  7. Pharmaceutical Museum7

    Pharmaceutical Museum

     Lisbon
    The Museu da Farmácia (the Pharmaceutical Museum) is a museum in Lisbon that is housed in the building of the National Pharmacy Association, in Santa Catarina. The collection of this pharmacy museum represents 5000 years of health history and is made up of many pieces of diverse geographical origin,
  8. Museu da Água8

    Museu da Água

     Lisbon
    Museu da Água (the Water Museum) is a museum in Lisbon that is housed in the Barbadinhos Steam Pumping Station. The museum illustrates the history of the development of the water supply to Lisbon from the Roman times to today. It features four large steam engines dating from 1880.
  9. Museu das Comunicações9

    Museu das Comunicações

     Lisbon
    The Museu das Comunicações (The Communications Museum) is a museum in Lisbon as well as a pedagogical space of scientific and technological nature, where, in a playful and interactive way, visitors can learn about the past of communications and technologies of the future.
  10. Electricity Museum10

    Electricity Museum

     Lisbon
    The Museu da Electricidade (The Electricity Museum), is one of the finest examples of industrial construction in Portugal in the first half of the 20th century, located in Lisbon. It is a cultural center and museum of science for the general public. Its exhibition rooms show the past, present and fu