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Renowned museums include Lisbon’s National Museum of Historic Art (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga), the Modern Art Center (Centro de Arte Moderna) and the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum – each with extraordinary classic and modern collections. There is also the Museum of Contemporary Art in nearby Sintra. For strictly Portuguese art, travelers aim for Lisbon’s Chiado Museum and the Serralves Museum in Porto. Lisbon itself boasts the National Coach Museum, the Maritime Museum, the Ethnological Museum, the Decorative Arts Museum, the Military Museum, the Municipal Museum and many more. Each city also has its own great museum, from the Machado de Castro Museum in Coimbra to the Sacred Art Museum in Funchal. But even outside of museum walls, visitors can take in authentic local art like Portugal’s delicately painted tiles ("azulejos"), which date to the Moorish occupation. For more information visit: http://www.ipmuseus.pt/en/home/hp.aspx
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