Atkinson Museum — Attraction in Vila Nova de Gaia

Learning about Salvador Dali‘s life through the Dali exhibition was inspiring. One of the best moments was watching the Disney film that Salvador Dali originally made in the mid 1950s. The exhibit chronologically examines his life, displaying lots of his drawings and covers he made for magazines like Vogue. There are no large wall to wall paintings here like the ones seen in St. Petersburg, Florida, Dali Museum but the exhibit definitely gave me a greater understanding of his life and how he became a surrealist artist. Really well done exhibit, definitely worth exploring and so...

Sleek new museum in luxuriously renovated old port warehouse. Current (June-July 2024) exhibit of Salvador Dali's advertising & illustrating work + a screening of the movie he worked on with Disney, "Destino," that won an Oscar for short animation after it was finally released in 2003 is really terrific & wonderfully curated. Feels like a discovery in a city that's becoming overrun with us tourists. Part of the WOW complex across the Douro from Porto in Vila...

Student discount available! (10 euros/person) Ask to see the Nicolau Nasoni Chapel which is not a part of the exhibition but is located inside! (see photos below) The exhibition has 2 floors and multiple rooms, so it will take as long as 1-2h. As long as they aren’t short staffed the staff will gladly offer you a FREE guided tour (which applies to all museums of WOW). I posted a short video of the last room, an immersive experience, which was one of my...