Museums and Palaces

Located on the right bank of the Douro River, next to the Porto Historic Centre, recognized by UNESCO as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Transport and Communications Museum occupies the historical building of Alfândega Nova do Porto.

In a Neoclassical style since the year of 1859, with an original project by Jean F. Colson, it has been renovated according to the project of a Portuguese architect  - Eduardo Souto de Moura, who intends to keep the memory of the customs area alive and create the necessary conditions for it to function as a multifaceted space.

The Museum's action is based on an approach of accessibility and inclusiveness, through autonomous visits, guided tours, workshops and exploratory tours of the building's interior and exterior spaces.

As a permanent program, the Transport and Communications Museum presents the following exhibitions: "Metamorphosis of a Place", "The engine of the Republic: the Presidential cars" and the Panel "Ribeira Negra" by Júlio Resende.