ENTHE BUILDING
MAC, the Museu Arqueológico do Carmo (Carmo Archaeological Museum) is housed in the ruins of the old Churchof the Convent of Santa Maria do Carmo, founded in 1389
by Nuno Álvares Pereira.
Carmo was one of Lisbon’s most beautiful Gothic churches
until the 1755 earthquake caused serious damage to thebuilding and destroyed almost all of its religious-artisticpossessions.
Reconstruction work started in 1756 but was definitively
suspended in 1834, leaving the naves and transept without
cover and the chapels incomplete, when the religious
orders in Portugal were abolished.
Some of the building’s original 14th - 15th century features
have been preserved, including the West and South portals
and the chevet area.

Opening times
Monday to Saturday
10 am to 6 pm (November to April)
10 am to 7 pm (May to October)
ClosedSundays, 1st January, 1st May and 25th December
Library/Archive
Advanced booking is required for consultation.
Public transport
By Lift: Elevador de Santa Justa
By Tram: Nº 28 (Chiado)
By Bus: Nº 758
By Train: Rossio Station
By Underground: Baixa – Chiado Station

Contacts and ServicesAssociação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses(Association of Portuguese Archaeologists)
Museu Arqueológico do Carmo
Largo do Carmo, 1200­‑092 Lisbon
T. 21 347 86 29 | 21 346 04 73
Board: direccao@arqueologos.pt
Curator: macconservadora@arqueologos.pt
Admin. Office: secretaria@arqueologos.pt
Education Department
Guided tours and workshops.
Advanced booking is required for all activities.
T. 21 347 86 29
servicoeducativo@arqueologos.pt

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Founded in 1863, by the royal architect Joaquim Possidónioda Silva, the Associação dos Arquitectos Civis Portugueses(Association of Portuguese Civil Architects) would later
become today’s Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses(Association of Portuguese Archaeologists). Roughly a year
later (1864), MAC, the Museu Arqueológico do Carmo(Carmo Archaeological Museum) was installed here,
designed to hold and exhibit important sculptural pieces
from old ruined buildings (mainly the monastic houses
abolished in 1834) and pieces from the church itself,
discovered among the rubble.

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Room 3
Room 4

Room 2

Room 5

Room 11111910613Sacristy / Auditorium

12879515

14124Transept

Shop

Since the 19 century, a highly valuable collection ofhistorical, archaeological and artistic pieces has beenhoused at MAC. These exhibits range from artefacts andpieces from Pre-History to contemporary times, allowing
us to understand forms of thinking and feeling from very
different periods and cultures.

3thSouth Portal /Emergency
Exit

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1

6

11

Gomes Martins
Signature
14th century, Lisbon

The Muse
Our Lady of Carmel
Sarcophagus
16th - 17th century,
4th century, Alfeizerão Lisbon

27SouthNaveNorth
Nave

13Central Nave132

WC
WC for those with reduced mobility
and baby-changing facilities
1NorthTower

2

Entrance /Emergency Exit

4SouthAccess
Platform forthose withReducedMobility
SouthTower

38St John
Nepomucene
18th century, Lisbon

Bust of a King
[Afonso Henriques(?)] 13th century,Santarém

45612Peruvian Mummy
The Knight’s Tomb
The Griffin Pillar
16th century, Santarém 9th - 10th century, Lisbon (boy)16th century, Peru

Manueline Window
16th century, Lisbon
5Vila Nova de SãoPedro Castrum
Maquette
3200 BC to 1500 BC

913

Maquette of Carmo
Church in the
14th century
2001, Lisbon

Tomb of King
14Fernando I (detail)
The Laying of Christ
16th century, Santarem in the Tomb. Scenes
from Christ’s Passion
10
18th century, Lisbon
Papal Bull Seal
granted to Nuno
15Álvares Pereira
Sacristy
14th century, Lisbon
17th century, Lisbon