Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Activities, Courses & Tours
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Eating
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Drinking & Nightlife
(see 4)
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Entertainment
(see 5)
Shopping
(see 1)
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Museu do Oriente
MUSEUM
( 213 585 200;
www.museudooriente.pt
;
Doca de Alcântara; adult/child €5/2, admission free 6-10pm Fri;
10am-6pm Tue-Sun, 10am-10pm Fri)
The beautifully designed Museu do Oriente highlights Por-
tugal's ties with Asia, from colonial baby steps in Macau to ancestor worship. The cav-
ernous museum occupies a revamped 1940s
bacalhau
(dried salt-cod) warehouse - a €30
million conversion. Strikingly displayed in pitch-black rooms, the permanent collection
focuses on the Portuguese presence in Asia, and Asian gods.
Standouts on the 1st floor include rare Chinese screens and Ming porcelain, plus East
Timor curiosities such as the divining conch and delicately carved umbilical-cord knives.
Upstairs, cult classics include peacock-feathered effigies of Yellamma (goddess of the
fallen), Vietnamese medium costumes and an eerie, faceless Nepalese exorcism doll.
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