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Cascais Museums

 

-Museu do Conde Castro Guimarães:

This museum has a big park and a beautiful palace. This palace was donated to the town hall, which turned it into a house-museum. The museum has porcelain, paintings, gold and silver work and a library with over 25.000 books some of them from 17th century. The library's most important piece is a book about the king D. Afonso Henriques from 1505.

 

-Museu do Mar (Museum of the Sea):

 Cascais is a town connected to the sea. This museum shows the life of the fisherman and the History of Cascais. The Museum also has a library.

 

-Gandarinha Museum:

This museum has temporary expositions.

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