- Museu da Fundac?o Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon; tel. 21/782-30-00): Its namesake was an Armenian oil czar, Calouste Gulbenkian (1869-1955), whose fortune derived from a 5% royalty on most of the oil pumped out of Iraq. His eclectic collections of Asian and European sculpture, paintings, antique coins, carpets, and furniture are on display in a modern compound in a lush garden.
- Museu Nacional dos Coches (Lisbon; tel. 21/361-08-50): Founded by Queen Amelia in 1904, when the horse-drawn buggy was becoming obsolete, this museum is on the premises of the riding school of the Palacio do Belem (the official home of the Portuguese president). It contains dozens of magnificent state carriages, some decorated with depictions of Portugal's maritime discoveries.
- Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (Lisbon; tel. 21/391-28-00): In the 1830s, the power of many of Portugal's fabulously wealthy monasteries was violently curbed. Many of the monasteries' art treasures, including the country's best collection of Portuguese primitives, as well as gold and silver plates crafted from raw materials mined in India, are displayed at the 17th-century palace of the counts of Alvor.
- Museu de Marinha (Lisbon; tel. 21/362-00-19): The most important maritime museum in the world -- a rich tribute to Portugal's Age of Exploration -- is in the west wing of the Jeronimos Monastery. The thousands of displays include royal galleons dripping with gilt and ringed with depictions of saltwater dragons and sea serpents.
