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A very well presented and informative museum embracing the history of Porto (including maritime exploration by Henry the Navigator) in a lovely mediaeval building. The excellent exhibition areas are fully captioned in English. Free entrance at weekends. It is located in the historic Rebeira area,...More

Very well done exhibition in the very house where Henry the Navigator is reputed to have been born. It was also the mint in medieval times and the exhibits explain the history well. There is an excellent interactive model of medieval Porto. The fact it...More

..... from a cultural, architectural and historic perspective. Like a number of monuments in the vicinity Henry the Navigator gets a constructive mention with his life story, in broad terms, relayed. This is an old building a bit planer than most which for me only...More




A visit to this museum is free on weekend days, so why not? It turned out to be a very interesting museum with lots of information on the history of Porto (and even in English!). It is located in the old customs house, which is...More

This impressive building down near the river is acknowledged as the birth place of Henry the Navigator(1394-1460, known for his role as leading the Golden Age for Portugal's world expansion. Thos building is now a museum.




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