Medeiros e Almeida House-Museum, Decorative arts collection in central Lisbon, Portugal.
The Medeiros e Almeida House-Museum occupies the late 19th-century Lisbon manor of businessman António de Medeiros e Almeida (1895–1986). Its 27 rooms hold about two thousand decorative works, from Han and Tang burial vessels to a Breguet watch owned by General Junot and later the Duke of Wellington. The original residential rooms are kept as they were, while a wing built over the former garden recreates 18th-century French interiors.
The house was the Lisbon residence of businessman and collector António de Medeiros e Almeida (1895–1986), who gathered decorative arts from the 2nd century BC to the 20th century. After his death the family created the museum, keeping the lived-in rooms as they were and adding a wing on the former garden that recreates 18th-century French interiors.
The house brings together decorative arts from different regions in a single collection, with Chinese porcelain alongside Dutch paintings, French furniture, and Portuguese objects. Walking through the rooms shows how European and Asian artistic traditions were valued and displayed together in one private home.
The museum is open Monday through Friday starting at 1 PM until 5:30 PM, and Saturdays from 10 AM to 5:30 PM, located at Rua Rosa Araújo 41. Early morning or early afternoon visits on weekends tend to be less crowded and allow more time to see the collection.
Among the clocks is an 1807 Breguet pocket watch, table clock and carriage clock that belonged to General Junot and later to the Duke of Wellington. The dining table is laid for twelve with a silver service by Paul Storr and gold-decorated crystal glasses from the French Daum factory.
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