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Casa-Museu Dr. Anastacio Goncalves

48 Reviews

#148 of 501 things to do in Lisbon

Museums, Speciality Museums

Avenida 5 de Outubro 6-8 | São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon 1050-055, Portugal

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“A hidden gem”

With an hour or so to kill, we found this lovely small museum, just north of Marques de Pombal. A... read more

Reviewed February 28, 2017

simmotours

Hertfordshire UK

“Pretty cool”

It's hard to believe that just near the madness of the Saldanha roundabout used to be open... read more

Reviewed May 25, 2016

MacKnickKnack

Portalegre, Portugal

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4.5 48 reviews

Excellent45%
Very good41%
Average14%
Poor0%
Terrible0%

28 Feb 2017

“A hidden gem”

9 Aug 2016

“Ok if you're in the area”

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This is an under-rated impressive collection by a private collector and friend of Calouste Gulbenkian, housed in an Art Nouveau building.

Suggested duration: 2-3 hours

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Avenida 5 de Outubro 6-8 | São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon 1050-055, Portugal

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+351 21 354 0823

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simmotours

Hertfordshire UK

16752

Reviewed February 28, 2017

A hidden gem

With an hour or so to kill, we found this lovely small museum, just north of Marques de Pombal. A wonderfully eclectic collection of furniture, paintings and, especially, Chinese porcelain. They are all exhibited in the house of the collector, one Dr Anastacio Goncalves. Very...More

Date of experience: February 2017

2 Thank simmotours

Caverkat

Ipswich, United Kingdom

28771

Reviewed August 9, 2016

Ok if you're in the area

We were staying a few minutes from the house. Being a little out of town there's not much to do in the area so we gave it a go. The entry charge is just a few euros (3 I think). The house is ok for...More

Date of experience: August 2016

Thank Caverkat

MacKnickKnack

Portalegre, Portugal

10368

Reviewed May 25, 2016

Pretty cool

It's hard to believe that just near the madness of the Saldanha roundabout used to be open countryside and this rather splendid house was surrounded by open fields. But so, we were told, it was. Built in 1905 for José Malhoa (famous Portuguese painter, whose...More

Date of experience: May 2016

4 Thank MacKnickKnack

nmlslo

Pinhal Novo, Portugal

29367

Reviewed January 16, 2016

Excellent

It's difficult to imagine that exctly in the middle of Lisbon someone may find this explendid house of a phamous doctor that travelled arround the globe and collected a unique collection of painting and crafterie. Excellent.

Date of experience: January 2016

2 Thank nmlslo

MA9065

Houston, Texas

9348

Reviewed November 2, 2015

Great art collection in lovely home

I only found this in the Lonely Planet guide, but I'm so glad we went. They probably don't get nearly as many visitors as they should, and the curator was so kind to spend several minutes with us talking about the lovely house and collection....More

Date of experience: October 2015

3 Thank MA9065

rve17071968

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

23530

Reviewed August 15, 2015

Great small museum

A beautiful small museum, richly decorated and with some superb Art Nouveau details in it. Great collection of porcelain and just rather interesting.

Date of experience: May 2015

2 Thank rve17071968

cordyroy

Naples, Florida

1168362

Reviewed October 18, 2014

Good, Small Museum

Nice Museum. Only needs ~ 45 mins. Very inexpensive. 1st floor salon/studio is very interesting. Chinese Porcelain is sensational.

Date of experience: September 2014

3 Thank cordyroy

TPipoca

Boston, Massachusetts

2717

Reviewed October 3, 2014

A gem in Lisbon

This museum needs to be properly advertised! It holds a rich collection of Art:major XII-XVIII Chinese porcelain, furniture, paintings, gold & silver work, glassware and metal, etc. etc. All its content was donated to the Portuguese Museum Patrimony by an ophthalmologist, Dr. Anastacio Goncalves, who...More

Date of experience: September 2014

2 Thank TPipoca

Marassa

Moscow, Russia

223241

Reviewed September 26, 2014

Don't expect Art Nouveau interiors

Being Art Nouveau fans and having seen the pictures of this spectacular Art Nouveau house on the net we assumed more Art Nouveau inside and boy were we wrong. It turned out that Dr.Gonçalves who bought the house from its original owner José Malhoa was...More

Date of experience: September 2014

3 Thank Marassa

262sasha

Lisbon, Portugal

10644

Reviewed July 20, 2014

A jewel in the midtown of Lisbon

It's an example of a collection created by an ophthalmologist, a man of excellent taste who had a particular feeling for the naturalistic style of Portuguese painters from the nineteen and early twentieth centuries. On the other hand, he collected a very interesting group of...More

Date of experience: July 2014

3 Thank 262sasha

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