Lisbon, opens brand new Museu do Tesouro Reale, with Portugal's Crown Jewels

For the first time permanently, jewels belonging to the Crown of Portugal will be collected in a museum. It is the Museu do Tesouro Real, which opened today inside the Ajuda National Palace in Lisbon. With more than a thousand jewels and elements of Portuguese royal goldsmithing, the one that can be visited is a collection of incalculable value, stored in one of the largest vaults in the world (40 meters long, 10 meters wide and 10 meters high).

The collection consists of precious jewelry, insignia, decorations, coins, and elements of civil and religious jewelry, including the prestigious emerald headdress of Dona Mariana, believed to be the second largest gold nugget in the world. The permanent exhibition at the Museu do Tesouro Real has been divided into 11 sections.

The first, called Brazil’s Gold and Diamonds, recalls the days of gold and diamond mining in Brazil, while the second section is devoted to Crown coins and medals. The third section presents the jewelry that makes up the Ajuda National Palace collection and those from the former private collections of various members of the Portuguese royal family. The fourth group is devoted to the Orders of Honor, living testimony to the intense international relations of the Crown of Portugal, while the fifth is entitled Insignias Regias, or the insignia of power of the kings of Portugal, such as the crown, scepter, mantle or log. Then we move on to the silver objects worked for civilian use, real treasures, both material and artistic. This is followed by the former Private Collections of King Fernando II (1816-1885) and his son Luís I (1838-1889), leading figures in 19th-century Portuguese art collecting. The eighth section is devoted to Diplomatic Offerings, part and parcel of relations between states and entities, while the ninth presents religious ceremonies with a selection of liturgical instruments and vestments.

In the last two sections it is possible to admire, respectively, the Baixela Germain, an example of 18th-century French goldsmithing known internationally for its quality and rarity, so called because it was commissioned from the goldsmith François-Thomas Germain after the 1755 earthquake, and the Journeys in the Royal Treasury, an extraordinary collection of state objects, jewelry, textiles, and sumptuous table services that were used for solemn ceremonies.

Useful information Hours Summer: daily, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Winter: daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tickets Children (ages 7 to 24) and seniors (ages 65 and older): €7 Adults (ages 25 to 64): €10 Children (ages 0 to 6) and Lisboa Card holders: Free School groups: €2 Families (2 adults and 2 children) : €32 Groups: €8

Getting There Bus: Carris: 729, 732, 742 Tram: 18 City Tours: Hop on Hop off; Cityrama;

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Lisbon, opens brand new Museu do Tesouro Reale, with Portugal's Crown Jewels

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