Museu da Saúde

The Health Museum, in Lisbon, belongs to the National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge and gives museological form to the memory of health in Portugal. Created by the Ministry of Health in 2007, it has been presented since April 2017 in the former Neurosurgery Service of Santo António dos Capuchos Hospital, with the exhibition “800 Years of Health in Portugal”. The route follows the history of health from the foundation of the nation to the creation of the National Health Service, bringing together around 400 pieces from its collections and from partner institutions. The narrative moves through the first medieval services, royal hospitals, pharmacopoeia, health policies, technical and scientific innovations and the fight against endemic diseases. The museum also preserves collections linked to tuberculosis, malaria, urology, psychology and anaesthesia, showing how science, care and heritage intersect in collective life.