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Museu da Marioneta
A Puppet Museum visit in Madragoa; performances and workshops have separate arrangements.
In short
Museu da Marioneta, the Puppet Museum, is a family culture stop on Rua da Esperança in Madragoa, close to Santos in Lisbon. A collection visit, workshop and performance are different plans: check the arrangement for the one you want. Keep the museum as the anchor and leave room for the surrounding neighbourhood afterwards.
Before you go
The useful little details.
- Booking
- Museum admission: buy online or at the ticket office. Group visits and activities require advance booking, subject to availability. Performances have separate tickets.↗
- Laptops
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- Paying
- ?
- Access & stairs
- The alternative side entrance uses a lifting platform, ramps and lift with a museum staff member. Tell the museum when you arrive, in person or by phone. This is assisted access, not a guaranteed unassisted route.↗
- Hours
- Published hours 10:00–18:00↗
- Kids & diet
- Ordinary museum admission is free for children through age 12. Family and educational activities have their own age and advance-booking requirements; a museum ticket is not a workshop reservation.↗
About 4 min walk · uphill · from Santos-o-Velho (public area reference)
Nearby metro: Cais do Sodré ↗. Station area; choose the right exit for your destination.
Walking estimates use distance and endpoint heights, not surveyed streets or step-free routes.
- Category
- Family days
- Area
- Santos
- Address
- Rua da Esperança 146, Lisboa
- Guide note checked
- 19 October 2026
- Address checked
- 16 October 2026 · Address source ↗
Why we send people here
A collection visit, a puppet performance and a workshop are three different plans. Pick the one you want before choosing a ticket. Groups need advance arrangements; for the step-free side entrance, let the museum know your arrival time so a staff member can help.
Planning your visit
- Published hours
- 10:00–18:00
- Closed
- Monday
- Last entry
- 17:30
- Holiday closures
- 24 December, 25 December, 31 December, 1 January, 1 May
- Adult admission
- €5
Standard adult collection admission. Shows, guided visits, food and transport are extra; child rates differ. Ordinary individual admission is available at the desk; groups need advance booking.
Use the side entrance with staff assistance for the platform, ramps and lift. Notify the museum of your arrival in person or by phone (+351 213 942 810); ask about the route you need.
Visiting information checked 18 October 2026 · Venue information ↗
Booking details checked 23 October 2026 · Source ↗
Visit note checked 22 October 2026 · Source ↗
Before you go
What are the opening hours at Museu da Marioneta?
The published schedule for Museu da Marioneta is: Published hours: 10:00–18:00. Closed: Monday. Last entry: 17:30. Holiday closures: 24 December, 25 December, 31 December, 1 January, 1 May. Standard adult collection admission. Shows, guided visits, food and transport are extra; child rates differ. Ordinary individual admission is available at the desk; groups need advance booking.
What does the listed price cover at Museu da Marioneta?
Museu da Marioneta lists Adult admission: €5. Standard adult collection admission. Shows, guided visits, food and transport are extra; child rates differ. Ordinary individual admission is available at the desk; groups need advance booking.
What should I know about access at Museu da Marioneta?
Museu da Marioneta: Use the side entrance with staff assistance for the platform, ramps and lift. Notify the museum of your arrival in person or by phone (+351 213 942 810); ask about the route you need.
Where to find it
Rua da Esperança 146, Lisboa
Directions ↗Hours change — check the venue.
Also in Santos
Explore the area →
Photo information
Hipersyl
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Original source ↗