Museu da Presidência da República

Housed in the former stables and warehouses of Belém Palace, in Lisbon, the Museum of the Presidency of the Republic brings republican history closer to the country’s public life. The idea emerged at the end of António Ramalho Eanes’s term: in 1986, the President opened a section in the Palace with 84 State gifts. In 2000, the Organic Law of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic formally created the Museum, dedicated to the dissemination and historical research of the presidential institution. The present building was inaugurated by Jorge Sampaio on 5 October 2004. The collection contains around 4,500 pieces, including State gifts, personal objects, decorations, vehicles and movable heritage from the presidential palaces. The route presents, among other sections, the Gallery of Official Portraits, the Portuguese Honorary Orders and the powers of the President of the Republic. In the same complex, Belém Palace has been the official presidential residence since the establishment of the Republic.