The Sintra Natural History Museum is a museum of natural history located in the historic center of the village of Sintra. The museum has both at national and international level due to the quality and rarity of many of its exhibits.
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A small and interesting museum with super friendly staff. The museum opened in 2009, in a 19th century building and contains more than 10 thousands fossils. The collection belonged to Miguel Barbosa and his wife Fernanda and was later donated to Sintra municipality. It is divided into three parts, a small collection at the entrance then there is the room for temporary exhibitions and finally the permanent exhibition which is a big hall exhibiting fossils, shells, minerals and rocks. The entrance is free at this time for all but normally it is free for Sintra residents and a small...
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This museum has an interesting collection of fossils, as well as models of proto human skulls and dinosaur skeletons, and some semiprecious and precious stones.
Staff are friendly and there is no entrance fee. There are few elements that entertain younger visitors however, save a pair of interactive displays.
Located in the middle of the historic town of Sintra, where the roads are very narrow, parking...
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Great find for kids! Small museum with free entrance and lots of fossils in an amazing exposition hall.
Very well kept with a modern look. Located in the middle of Sintra, so worth if you are already walking in the area. It took us about 45 min to see everything.
Parking is limited but there is a parking area a few hundred meters...
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