Quake - Lisbon Earthquake Museum — Attraction in Lisbon

Generally fun experience.

The highlight for me was the staff: they'd earn 5 stars. Incredibly nice and warm, very attentive to children in the groups, committed to the gimmick of the experience in a very fun way. For the kids in particular, they add to the experience no doubt. Dishonorable mention to the one guy who in the most bored tone ever just went "the door is now open...."

Pricing suggests it's aimed more at informing and entertaining tourists that it is aimed at nationals which is a pity given the whole focus it has on lessons learned, prevention and how much it goes on about local history and "glory of the old days"

The experience itself, while different, fun and dynamic left a little to be desired. While some of the setup is remarkable, the earthquake simulation boils down to: one platform moving orthogonally on a flat surface one bench moving suddenly and in random directions akin to a fairground attraction through the use of hydraulics Having never experienced a true earthquake, I can't say for sure they aren't representative but neither felt representative of what the actual experience would be like.

The gimmick, which I will not describe as it'd be a spoiler to the way the experience keeps you engaged: fun and well acted, while a little much at times makes for an experience that seems aimed more at children than adults and requires adults to have a certain tolerance as you're essentially in what seems like 'kid's TV show'-inspired episode.

All in all I consider it a positive experience but nothing to write home about. At a more moderate price for locals or with a large amount of partnerships with schools, etc. I would consider it a value-add. But out of all activities in Lisbon, it's not one I would recommend to adults who know the basics of how earthquakes work unless you're struggling for things to keep you entertained. With a kid, specially in that 6-10 (maybe 7-10 cause 6 year olds can't do one of the things), I would DEFINITELY recommend if the price doesn't...

The Quake museum introduces it's visitors to the biggest on Portuguese landsthe earthquake that took place in Lisbon on 1st November 1755 and it's devastating impact on the city and the nation. The expirence starts with information on the earthquakes and science behind it, then it leads you to a quest on the 3 documents that determinated the recovery of the nation after the event. There is a part where you are taken back in time machine to the day of the event introducing you to the life in Lisbon at the time which feels quite real and it very infirmative. You are then given a chance to expitence how it feels when the ground shakes underneath you in a setting of a church imitating that what happend to many on the day of the infamous Lisbon quake as many would have been in church on the day as it was a holy day. This part is quite eye-opening to how it really feels to loose your feeling of safety on a stable ground. The exhibition then proceds to show how the nation recovered after the tragedy and you can read witness accounts. I enjoyed it very much and I will recommend it although it's worth noting that at €31 per adult per ticket it is quite expensive in comparison to other European attractions. Lastly a part of preparing for earthquacke which is also quite I treating. The exi ition has 3 very cook aspects: first you are given a bracelet that you can scan at each invitation,/exhibit point and you will recive nformation straight to your email. You are going from room to room as the automatic doors open after being given a time to explore - great crowd control tool. And third after the expirence of earthquackeyou are lead to a room that feels like walking into a city that just expirences a quacke with smell of smoke and great exhibits of city on fire - it feels quite real. The price is lower if you buy in advance online - it drops to €21 which is a significant...

If you have kids & the weather is keeping you indoors like today then this is a must do, all the kids looked interested (tired at the end, but involved throughout) it’s quite USA centric so Americans will enjoy it. There was the San Francisco room where we got to shake standing up and watch fires burning through video ‘windows’, then we swapped to the Japan & Fukushima room and I have to say considering all the ample footage available this room was a complete bust, why no disaster video in there? The ‘time-travel’ aspect was interesting, not sure it added much, but kids seemed to enjoy the darkened room of the ‘time-travel machine’… during this the recorded voices and video managed to skip most of the significant recent European history (‘don’t mention the war’ - was very successful achieved!!) each room had translations in 4 languages which was great. The staff gave safety and other briefings in English and Portuguese. We had wristbands to get additional info emailed after the session, and I have 5 emails in my inbox… unfortunately they all say the same thing ‘I’m a quake knowledge ambassador’ whatever that is! There did need to be more time in the ‘preparation room’ at the start, this exhibit could be extended if that’s what being a ‘quake ambassador’ is all about.

It was fun, I’m from NZ and have experienced earthquakes, Te Papa in Wellington beats this experience hand down! (And that’s free!) I see the staff usually reply that they will take all suggestions into consideration, I suggest you contact Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand) and arrange a visit, I’m sure a few of your staff would be happy to go and take notes and bring back even more...