{"id":58188,"date":"2026-10-12T21:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T21:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&#038;p=58188"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:27:23","slug":"museu-da-sociedade-martins-sarmento","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/de\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/porto-and-north\/museu-da-sociedade-martins-sarmento\/","title":{"rendered":"Museu da Sociedade Martins Sarmento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the cloister of the former Convento de S\u00e3o Domingos, in the centre of Guimar\u00e3es, the Museu da Sociedade Martins Sarmento holds archaeology, art and ethnography gathered over more than a century. It is one of the oldest museums in the north of Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A museum founded by an archaeologist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The museum belongs to the Sociedade Martins Sarmento, created in 1885 by the archaeologist Francisco Martins Sarmento, best known for his excavations at the Iron Age hillfort of <a href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/de\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/porto-and-north\/citania-de-briteiros\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Cit\u00e2nia de Briteiros<\/a>. Its collections have grown into a broad portrait of the region&#8217;s past, from prehistoric finds to religious art and nineteenth-century painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Archaeology, including finds from the Cit\u00e2nia de Briteiros.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sculpture, painting and religious art.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Numismatics, epigraphy and ethnography.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Gothic cloister of the former convent, which houses the museum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visiting the museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The museum is at Rua Paio Galv\u00e3o, Guimar\u00e3es, in the historic centre. Opening hours are published by the society, so check the official website before your visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitor information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csarmento.uminho.pt\/\" rel=\"noopener\">csarmento.uminho.pt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Image credit: Museu da Sociedade Martins Sarmento, Guimar\u00e3es, by Manuelvbotelho, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A museum in Guimar\u00e3es with archaeology and art from the region, founded by the archaeologist Martins Sarmento.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58183,"parent":12233,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074],"tags":[560],"attraction-categ":[1058],"localidade":[760],"content-type":[],"grupo-de-experiencias":[],"experiencia-tipo":[],"regioes_turisticas_term":[1352,227],"class_list":["post-58188","to-visit","type-to-visit","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","tag-museum","attraction-categ-museums-art-galleries","localidade-guimaraes","regioes_turisticas_term-north","regioes_turisticas_term-porto-and-north-of-portugal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - 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