Portugal: Art and Heritage” –  Google Arts & Culture in partnership with MC/DGPC

On January 15th, the launching of the project Portugal: Art and Heritage took place  at the National Coach Museum (Royal Riding School).  Google Arts & Culture is in partnership with the Ministry of Culture trough the Cultural Heritage Department (DGPC). From this date on, the collections of museums, palaces and national heritage monuments belonging to the

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400 Anniversary of the Visit of Philip II to Portugal

In 2019, we celebrated the 400th anniversary of the visit of Philip II to Portugal. The carriage used for this trip (Coche de Filipe II), the oldest in the collection of MNCoches, was brought by King Philip II (III of Spain) at the time of his visit to Lisbon, to attend his son’s oath as

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A More Accessible Museum For All

Since May 14, the visually impaired visitor is invited to visit the Museum collection through ten information posts placed next to various types of vehicles. These informative supports feature embossed images, braille texts and enlarged letters in Portuguese and English.   More information: comunica@mncoches.dgpc.pt | Phone + 351 210 732 317  

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Lisbon Music Fest – July 24-25

In 2019, the Museu Nacional dos Coches/ National Coach Museu will once again be part of the LISBON MUSIC FEST (5th edition), an event that brings together young musicians from all over the world with the aim of promoting Lisbon as an artistic, cosmopolitan and multicultural European capital.   July 24 | Room | 5:00 p.m.

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Temporary Exhibition | HEIRS OF APOKALIPSE

Until the beginning of November, visitors to the National Coach Museum can find an exhibition titled HEIRS OF APOKALIPSE-STEAMPUNK ART, BIZARRE CHIC and DIESELPUNK, from Nirvana Studios // Custom Café. This exhibition, with free entry, was created with the objective of appealing to a less consumerist conscience, using obsolete artifacts for revaluation of materials. From

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Temporary Exhibition | Centenary of the CITRÖEN

From the beginning of July 2019, the National Car Museum presents its visitors the temporary exhibition “Centenary Citroën”, allusive to the 100 years of this automobile brand. Innovation, vision, comfort, inspiration, difference. It is not easy to find the right word, the most appropriate expression, the perfect adjective to describe what the Citroën brand represents,

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Temporary Exhibition | When the Horses…Jump to the Motor

Integrated in the initiatives of The International Museum Day, on May 18th, the National Museum opens to the public the exhibition National Coach Museum When the Horses … Jump to the Motor. The paintings by the artist Ricardo d’Assis Cordeiro are related to the first motor car who came to Portugal, the Panhard et Levassor purchased

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