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EXPERIENCE Bairro Alto and Estrela Paintings and sculpture at

Museu Nacional de Arte

to see if a live per formance
6 "-= 7 " Contemporânea do Chiado
is being held on the small
Museu Nacional de Museu da Marioneta stage. There is also a space
Arte Contemporânea for children’s enter tainment
do Chiado  K7 ⌂ Convento das and learning.
Bernardas, Rua da
 M7 ⌂ Rua Serpa Esperança 146 @ 713, 727,
Pinto 4–6 @ 758, 790 760 v 15, 25 q Cais do
v 28 q Baixa-Chiado Sodré £ Santos # 10am–
# 10am–6pm Tue–Sun 6pm Tue–Sun ¢ 1 Jan, 1
¢ 1 Jan, Easter, 1 May, May, 24 & 25 Dec STAY
25 Dec ∑ museuartecon ∑ museudamarioneta.pt
temporanea.gov.pt
This small puppet museum, As Janelas Verdes
The National Museum of housed in an elegantly Romantic hotel located
Contemporary Art moved refurbished convent building, in a charming 18th-
to this stylishly restored includes characters from 17th- century townhouse,
warehouse in 1994. The and 18th-century theatre and with stunning river
paintings and sculpture are opera, including devils, knights, views from the top
arranged over three floors in jesters and satirical figures. rooms and library
seven rooms. Each room has Many of the puppets possess terrace.
a different theme illustrating gruesome, contorted features
the develop ment from that are unlikely to appeal to  J8 ⌂ Rua das Janelas
Verdes 47
Romanticism to Modernism. small children. The museum ∑ asjanelasverdes.com
The majority are Portuguese explains the history of the art
works, often showing a form and runs videos of pup- ¡¡¡
marked influence from other pet shows. Check the website
European countries – this is Hotel do Chiado
particularly noticeable in the Part of architect Álvaro
19th-century landscape Siza Viera’s revamp of
painters who had contact with the Chiado district, this
artists from the French slick boutique hotel has
Barbizon School. The few a prime location and a
international works of art on rooftop bar.
display are mainly French  N7 ⌂ Rua Nova do
sculpture from the late 19th Almada 114
century, including one by ∑ hotelchiado.pt
Rodin (1840–1917). There are ¡¡¡
also temporary exhibitions,
which are held for “very new Puppets from the
artists, preferably inspired by collection at Museu
the permanent collection”. da Marioneta
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