{"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":"2026-10-12T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T21:45:18","slug":"museu-da-sociedade-martins-sarmento","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/pl\/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 Cit\u00e2nia de Briteiros. 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":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074],"tags":[560],"attraction-categ":[1058],"localidade":[760],"content-type":[],"grupo-de-experiencias":[],"experiencia-tipo":[],"gestao":[1102],"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","gestao-56-publicado","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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