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Carris Museum

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Schedule

Monday to Friday: 10:00 am – 06:00 pm (last admission at 05:30 pm)

Saturday: 10:00 am – 01:00 pm / 02:00 pm – 06:00 pm (last admission at 12:30 am and 05:30 pm)

Closed: Sunday and holidays

Entrance

Standard Ticket: € 4

Child ticket (under 6 years old): Free

Youth ticket (between 6 and 18 years old): € 2

Senior ticket (above 65 years old): € 2

Unemployed ticket: € 2

Review

The Carris Museum (in portuguese, Museu da Carris) opened doors to the public in , having been inaugurated by the President of the Republic at the time Dr. Jorge Sampaio. In it exists the purpose of preserving and sharing the collection of a centenary organization, the Carris.

On the , it is founded the Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa1, in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). One year later, it is implemented the first railway in , on which the carriages moved by animal traction.

In , the animal traction system is replaced by the electric traction one. Until the present, the Carris was responsible for the introduction of the metropolitan and the iconic trams and elevators of .

On the turn of the 20th century, with the opening of the museum, an important part of Lisbon's technological culture could be known by everyone.

Here, exist four permanent thematic exhibitions: the center 1, that documents the history of the Carris; the center 2, which displays the machinery inherent to the activity of the company; the center 3, has in exhibition work vehicles and passenger transport. Finally, the center Lisboa quem és tu2 makes known to visitors the city over time, using the latest technology and multimedia animations.

Translation references

  1. Railway Company of Lisbon
  2. Lisbon who are you

Map and Location

Where is Carris Museum?

Coordinates
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Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
38.702296º LAT
-9.180579º LON
38º 42.13776' N
9º 10.83474' W
38º 42' 8.27" N
9º 10' 50.08" W
Website http://museu.carris.pt
Email museu@carris.pt
Telephone +351 213 613 087
Address Rua 1º de Maio, 101 – 103, 1300-472 Lisboa, Portugal
Parish Alcântara
County Lisbon
District Lisboa
Region Estremadura
Country Portugal
Continent Europe

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