Lisbon’s National Museum of Ancient Art (NMAA) just conducted a survey of foreign tourists who visited this summer

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:06

In addition to many other positive points, more than 82% of those visitors surveyed expressed a very favorable or excellent opinion of the Museum. The Museum also has a newsletter in English.

Right now, there is also an interesting temporary exhibition: “Cuerpos de Dolor. The Image of the Sacred in Spanish Sculpture, 1500-1750” - Encompassing the golden centuries of Spanish sculpture, this exhibition includes a selected sample of the remarkable collections from the museum Museo Nacional de Escultura ( Valladolid, Spain), known as “The Sculpture Prado”. For the first time, Portugal has the privilege of hosting more than thirty pieces from great Spanish sculptors such as Berruguete, Juan de Juni, Pompeo Leoni, Gregorio Frnandez, Alonso Cano, Pedro de Mena, Pedro de Sierra or Salzillo.

The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga is Portugal’s national gallery. In the first half of 2011, the Museum reported a 47% percentage increase in visitors over 2010, making up 88% of the new visitors for the period to Portugal's government-run museums. This data is from a study called Visitors to Museums and Palaces by IMCA - the institute that oversees museums for the state. The National Museum of Ancient Art collection includes works by Hieronymus Bosch and Nuno Goncalves.