Academy of Sciences — Attraction in Lisbon

An interesting small (4 sections) museum in an old building with kind respectful staff. It is free on the first Saturday of the month. It is inside a very old building when you walk you can feel the woods cracking underneath your feet. It has a collection of ancient fossil representation, and one part is for the remaining of human civilization in Portugal, including bones, skull, and ruins of utensils used by ancient people. In the last part of the museum there are different types of stones and salt formations. I was alone on my visit and no one else was there so i could take my time slowly visiting every where and it take at least one hour to look at everything. Unfortunately they don’t have a shop to be able to get some memories just a few postcards. The overall being old the building will highlight the ancient atmosphere of the museum. However from technical point of view i think the building needs a renovation at least at some points. The descriptions were mainly Portuguese but like almost 10% of descriptions were translated, so i couldn’t use fully from my visit (though its my fault not knowing Portuguese) I recommend this museum if you are in the field of sciences and or living in Portugal and want to have a nice...

tonight, together with many other people, we waited for an hour outside the Academy of Sciences to attend the Guerra concert scheduled in the library, which until yesterday was certainly included in the program on the official website of the Theatre Sao Carlo. It is shameful that an important musical institution suddenly cancels a concert, even if it is free, without replacing it or informing it in time and simply making it disappear from the site. the lack of attention and respect for the public (who could have done something else instead of wasting time, like us who came on purpose by train from Cascais) Is shameful. and the Academy could have at least hung a notice outside instead of making us...

The Lisbon Academy of Sciences was founded on December 24, 1779, with the consent of Queen D. Maria I. The main responsible and mentors for the realization of this project were, above all, the 2nd Duke of Lafões, D. João Carlos de Bragança, the first President, and the abbot José Corrêa da Serra, the first Secretary-General, who, knowing the European counterparts, conceived a similar institution for Portugal. It has a magnificent library and important conferences are held in...