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Sight in Lisbon

Gulbenkian Museum and Garden

A free city garden next to the reopened Gulbenkian art museum; the museum is free for under-18s and for everyone on Sundays from 14:00

2026
Address
Av. de Berna 45A, 1067-001 Lisboa
Hours
Museum and CAM 10:00–18:00, Saturdays to 21:00; closed Tuesdays, 1 Jan, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 24 and 25 Dec. Garden daily, sunrise to sunset, free (check before you go).
Price level
€€
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Great with kids

Under-18s enter the museum free; the garden is free for everyone. Research, not visited.

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What the sources say (research)

  • Garden: open every day from sunrise to sunset, free. [gulbenkian.pt, 10 Oct 2026]
  • Museum, CAM and exhibitions: 10:00–18:00, Saturdays until 21:00, last entry 30 minutes before closing; closed on Tuesdays and on 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 24 and 25 December. [gulbenkian.pt]
  • Tickets: All Inclusive €18; Museum €16 (includes the CAM collection); CAM €10. Free on Sundays from 14:00 and for anyone under 18; 25% off for under-30s. [gulbenkian.pt]
  • The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum has reopened after about a year and a half of renovation. [gulbenkian.pt]
  • Our rainy-day plans: things to do in Lisbon.

Open questions

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Schematic map with 1 numbered places around Gulbenkian Museum and Garden; the numbered list next to it has the same places.1Gulbenkian Museum and Garden0.5 kmN
  1. 1Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa

Further afield: Castelo de São Jorge (3 km), Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Tile Museum) (4 km), Pavilhão do Conhecimento (6 km), Oceanário de Lisboa (6 km), Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (6 km), Torre de Belém (Belém Tower) (7 km). Straight-line distances from the centre point, not driving times.

Schematic: positions from each place's coordinates, no roads or coastline. Not for navigation.

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Castelo de São Jorge

The castle above Alfama: walls, towers and a camera obscura. €17 adults, under-13s free (2026); open to 21:00 March–October, to 18:00 from 1 November. Castle museum closed for works (26 Oct 2026).

  • Great with kids
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Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa

Lisbon's zoo since 1884, about 2,000 animals at Sete Rios on the blue metro line; 2026 tickets child €19, adult €31.

  • Great with kids
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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

The monastery in Belém that the state museums agency calls a masterpiece of Portuguese architecture; €18 in 2026, closed Mondays. Pair it with the Belém Tower.

  • OK with kids
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Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Tile Museum)

Lisbon's tile museum in the former Madre de Deus convent. Closed for renovation since 1 November 2025 and still closed on 10 October 2026; no confirmed reopening date found.

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