Portuguese Historical Museum, Cultural museum in History Park, San Jose, United States

The Portuguese Historical Museum is a replica of the first permanent império built in San Jose's Little Portugal district around 1915. It opened in 1997 as one of the featured attractions within History Park at Kelley Park. Its exhibits begin with Portugal during the period of European colonization of the Americas and Portuguese immigration worldwide, then narrow to immigration to the United States, California, and settlement in the Santa Clara Valley.

The museum opened in 1997 as a replica of the first permanent império built in San Jose's Little Portugal district around 1915. That original chapel served the growing Portuguese community, and the reconstruction now stands within History Park at Kelley Park.

The museum displays religious objects and celebrates the customs that shaped the Portuguese community, allowing visitors to see how faith and tradition remained central to their lives. These exhibitions reveal how the spiritual practices of Portuguese settlers continue to be honored and remembered in the region.

The museum is one of the featured attractions inside History Park at Kelley Park, so it is reached on foot along the park's paths rather than from a street entrance. Allow time to walk the grounds and see the other historic buildings and reconstructions placed around it.

The museum is a replica of the first permanent império in San Jose's Little Portugal district, a religious and cultural building type found mainly in the Azores and originally built there around 1915. Visitors often mistake the structure for an original chapel.