Museu da Polícia

In Chiado, Lisbon, the MUP – Police Museum occupies part of the former Convent of São Francisco, a building that served as the headquarters of the PSP’s Lisbon Metropolitan Command. Inaugurated in July 2023, it presents the exhibition “The Public Security Police in History”, devoted to the PSP’s path from the creation of the civil police in 1867 to the present day. The museum grew out of the project “Public Security Police: History and Heritage”, developed in partnership between the PSP National Directorate and NOVA FCSH, with the aim of studying, organising and musealising the institution’s historical collections. The route connects the police’s organisational, functional and cultural evolution with the political and social history of contemporary Portugal. Among documents, photographs, objects, videos and multimedia resources, the idea of the “giro” stands out: the urban round that marked the police’s earliest duties in the streets of the cities.