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Júlio Pomar was one of Portugal’s leading 20th- and 21st-century artists, and this small museum was also his studio until his death in 2018. The building is a former warehouse, now redesigned by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, and it presents temporary exhibitions of Pomar’s paintings, drawings, and sculptures—as well as works by other local artists—spread over two floors.
Also known as the Museu do Chiado, this museum housed in a former convent specializes in Portuguese art from 1850 to the present day but is currently only staging temporary exhibitions of contemporary paintings, sculpture, and multimedia installations. In the summer, there are jazz concerts on Friday evenings in its small walled garden.
