Dom Diogo de Sousa Museum, Braga

Visit the Dom Diogo de Sousa Museum in Braga, Portugal.

Dom Diogo de Sousa Museum
© Câmara Municipal de Braga

The Museu Dom Diogo de Sousa (Dom Diogo de Sousa Museum) is located at Rua dos Bombeiros Voluntarios in the historic Braga, in northern Portugal.

This archaeological museum keeps an interesting collection of pieces of the origins of Braga.

It has four rooms where show pieces from the Paleolithic (arrowheads, pottery and funerary objects) to the Swabian kingdom Visigoth period (centuries V to VII), through the Roman age.

One of the most interesting pieces in the collection are gigantic milestones with Latin inscriptions that were used to mark the roads during the Roman era. Also, it is interesting a floor mosaic that was recovered from a nearby site that dates from the first century AD

Near the museum you can visit the Roman Baths High Cidade do.

More information:

Location:

Rua dos Bombeiros Voluntarios, Braga.

Ticket price:

General admission: €3
Children up to 12 years old and disabled visitors with one companion: Free admission
Free admission for Portuguese citizens on Sundays from 10:00 to 14:00

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:30
Closed on Mondays, 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 24 June, and 25 December

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Mapa Interactivo:

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Turismo de Portugal