National Archaeology Museum of Lisbon

National Archaeology Museum of Lisbon and its collection

The Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (National Archaeology Museum of Portugal) is a museum in Lisbon. The museum is housed in the World Heritage Site, the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos in Belém, one of the most important buildings in Portugal, built in the Manueline style. The collection of the National Archaeology Museum of Lisbon consists of two main departments: finds from Egypt and finds from Portugal. The latter presents numerous findings from the Bronze Age and also has an important collection of Roman mosaics, mainly from southern Portugal. The museum also maintains the most important archaeological library in Portugal.