Promoter
EGEAC, Empresa de Gestão de Equipamentos e Animação Cultural
Synopsis
The permanent exhibition characterizes the Portuguese dictatorship (1926-1974), its forms of repression and oppression (censorship, police and political courts), the resistance of the (semi-illegal and underground) opposition movement, the anti-colonial struggle and the 25th April Revolution in 1974. It regularly promotes temporary exhibitions, focusing on themes linked to its collection, with a parallel programme of events, where resistance in the past crosses over with the defence of citizenship and human rights in the present.
The Museum has a documentation centre, where specialised literature is available, research activities are undertaken, a document archive is held and shared, and a vast collection of testimonies of those who resisted the dictatorship is promoted. In addition to its learning program with schools and the public, other regular activities are promoted, such as guided tours, talks and film sessions followed by debates. Visitors can still see a part of the building’s structure where the museum is located, as well as an archaeological sample that was taken from its subsoil.
Inaugurated on 25th April 2015 (the day that commemorates the Portuguese revolution against dictatorship), the building’s restoration and adaptation project were overseen by architects Manuel Graça Dias and Egas José Vieira.
Business hours
Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm
Last entry: 30 minutes before closing
Closed on Mondays and on January 1, May 1, December 24, 25 and 31
Prices
Ticket adults (ages 26 – 64) – 1,50€
Reductions:
- Young people (13 to 25) – 1,50€
- Persons (over 65 years) – 2,60€
- People with disabilities – 2.60€
Exempt from payment:
- Children up to 12 years old
- Between the ages of 13 and 18 (Lisbon residents)
- + 65 (Senior citizens residing in Lisbon)
- Sundays and holidays in the morning until 14h (residents of the municipality of Lisbon)
- May 18th (International Museum Day)
- April 25th
- Members of APOM and ICOM
- Members of the Advisory Council of the Aljube Museum
- Accredited researchers and teachers
- Journalists and tourism professionals in the performance of their duties (tourism professional registered in the RNAAT, performing functions, upon presentation of proof (in accordance with article 5 (7) and (8) of Decree-Law No. 108/2009)
- CML and EGEAC Employees + Accompanying person
- Regular visitors of the Documentation Centre and Library
- Institutional Patrons (Nominated by the Board of Directors)
- Reduction of up to 20% for protocols and public / private partnerships
For all reductions and exemptions, the presentation of proof is required.
