Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema
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Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema

Museum · Rato ·

Cinema, museum, restaurant, bookshop, rooftop terrace

Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema by null

Information

R. Barata Salgueiro 39, 1269-059 Lisboa, Portugal Get directions

Information

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R. Barata Salgueiro 39, 1269-059 Lisboa, Portugal Get directions

+351 21 359 6200
cinemateca.pt
@cinematecaportuguesa

Features

restroom
parking paid street
wheelchair accessible entrance
wheelchair accessible restroom
wheelchair accessible seating
wheelchair accessible parking lot

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Nov 18, 2025

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"Learning About Film History Founded in the early 1950s by European film archive pioneer Manoel Ribeiro, this museum's mission is to safeguard film heritage. In the Cupid Room is an exhibit of Magic Lanterns, an apparatus for projecting images onto glass painted in translucent colors. Also there are several collections of sound, lighting, video, decorative objects, and pre-cinema devices. Indie film festivals take place here too. In the bookshop you can find not only film books but also DVDs. And on the same floor, on a nice terrace, you'll find a restaurant."

Art and Culture in Lisbon
Cinemateca Portuguesa / Museu do Cinema

Emmanuel Quist-Haynes

Google
As students of film heritage, we had access to not just the cinemas and the museum but the documentation centre as well. Cinemateca Portuguesa is the state institution responsible of preserving and protecting film heritage of Portugal and beyond. It also boasts of a rooftop restaurant and a curated book and antique media shop. It’s worth visiting!

Alvaro G

Google
The Cinemateca Portuguesa offers not only cinema and cinematic history but also a cinematography museum, a wonderful rooftop restaurant, and an exquisitely curated book and antique media shop.

bmg

Google
Hidden gem for film lovers. Founded in 1948 and set in a magnificently restored 19th-century building, it’s a space where moorish arches, tiled walls, and a grand staircase meet vintage projectors, rare posters, and screenings of timeless films. It feels less like stepping inside cinema’s living memory. Beyond the films, the bookshop is great with cinephile’s gems, and the café terrace “39 Degraus” is perfect for a coffee break.

Steve Dennis

Google
Went to the restaurant here, good food and friendly service. Something went wrong with our booking for 11 but they accommodated us well regardless. Really interesting building, and loads of cool film projection memorabilia everywhere.

Jenny White

Google
This place is a gem! Highly recommend a visit to their cafe bar (with terrace). The staff are super helpful and the food is great. A lovely place to hang out. Apparently, they show films outside in the Summer. One of the most beautiful art cinemas I've been to. They've got a book shop and a quiet library. Lots of English language films. Using proper film rather than digital. I'll be back.

Jelena Maracic

Google
Nice building, the museum exhibit is small but interesting. There's a very nice terrace with great lunch deals, the food was really nice.

Berry013

Google
Great ambience, didn’t know what to expect of it. But the food was great! And the movie was so nostalgic (high quality).

Barry Moore

Google
We've just had a lovely dining experience in the restaurant/bar upstairs. A hidden jem. Amazing friendly staff. A couple of the young gentlemen spoke very good English and made us feel welcome. We were looking for a menu that could accommodate gluten-free and found it here. The steak meals where just what we were after. One of us had the pork cheeks that just melted in your mouth.