Museum of the Orient
The Museum of the Orient in Lisbon, Portugal is a museum of Asian art. The museum opened in May, 2008, and is located in a refurbished industrial building on the Alcântara waterfront.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Edifício Pedro Álvares Cabral , antigos Armazéns Frigoríficos do Bacalhau, actual Museu do Oriente and National Museum of Ancient Art.
Edifício Pedro Álvares Cabral , antigos Armazéns Frigoríficos do Bacalhau, actual Museu do Oriente
Museum
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Edifício Pedro Álvares Cabral , antigos Armazéns Frigoríficos do Bacalhau, actual Museu do Oriente is a museum.
National Museum of Ancient Art
Museum
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The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, also known in English as the National Museum of Ancient Art, is a Portuguese national art museum located in Lisbon. With over 40,000 items spanning a vast collection of painting, sculpture, goldware, furniture, textiles, ceramics, and prints, MNAA is one of the most visited museums in Portugal. National Museum of Ancient Art is situated 1 km east of Museum of the Orient.
Alcântara-Mar train station
Railway station
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Alcântara-Mar train station is a railway station, which is situated 300 metres west of Museum of the Orient.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alcântara and Santos-o-Velho.
Alcântara
Village
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Alcântara is a freguesia of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in western Lisbon, Alcântara is to the east of Ajuda and Belém and west of Estrela and Campo de Ourique. Alcântara had a population in 2011 of 13,943.
Santos-o-Velho
Neighborhood
Santos-o-Velho is a former freguesia of Lisbon, Portugal, with an area of 0.51 km2 and 4,013 inhabitants. It has a population density of 7899.6 inhabitants/km2.
Campo de Ourique
Village
Campo de Ourique is a freguesia and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Camp de Ourique is located in the historic center of Lisbon, east of Alcântara, north of Estrela, west of Santo António, and south of Campolide. The population in 2011 was 22,120.
Museum of the Orient
- Type: Museum
- Description: asian art museum in Portugal
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Estrela, Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.70297° or 38° 42′ 11″ northLongitude
-9.1706° or 9° 10′ 14″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8CCGPR3H+5QGeoNames ID
11820900Wikidata ID
Q104067085
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Museum of the Orient” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Museu do Oriente”
- French: “musée de l’Orient”
- French: “Musée de l’Orient”
- Portuguese: “Museu do Oriente”
- Turkish: “Museu do Oriente”
- Turkish: “Oriente Müzesi”
- “Museu do Oriente”
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