{"id":58065,"date":"2026-10-12T20:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&p=58065"},"modified":"2026-10-12T20:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:27:29","slug":"museu-nacional-soares-dos-reis","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/de\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/porto-and-north\/museu-nacional-soares-dos-reis\/","title":{"rendered":"Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portugal’s first public art museum occupies the Carrancas Palace in central Porto, a neoclassical building from the end of the eighteenth century. The Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis holds one of the finest collections of Portuguese art, with painting, sculpture, furniture, metalwork and ceramics from the sixteenth century to the twentieth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portugal’s first public museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The museum has its origins in 1833, when Pedro IV created a museum to safeguard the assets taken from convents and supporters of the absolutist cause during the civil war. It became a national museum in 1932 and moved to the Carrancas Palace, which was remodelled in 2001 with projects by the architect Fernando Tavora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to see<\/h2>\n\n\n\n