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Museu Municipal de Peniche, Portugal
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Museu Municipal de Peniche, Portugal

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Museu Municipal de Peniche, Portugal
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Ellemay 🍹🐠🐳
Sydney, Australia47,339 contributions
Worth a quick look.
May 2018 • Couples
Museu Municipal de Peniche, is a pretty small museum which is worth a quick visit. Basically the museum houses evidence of the political prison of Salazar’s dictatorship in the 20th century.
Written November 27, 2018
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Norman J
Woking, UK526 contributions
Fascinating modern history
Mar 2016 • Couples
The museum is in two parts. The town museum and sea bed finds were interesting but the real star is the museum to the resistance against fascism. It is all too easy to forget that large parts of Europe were still in Fascist government well into our life times . This is moving record of, and tribute to, those who resisted in Portugal. Well worth a visit.
Written March 13, 2016
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SueBell210259
Huddersfield69 contributions
Very atmospheric fortress
Jul 2013 • Family
Although we did not visit the museum on this trip we went inside the fortress (free entry) which has a long and interesting history as a defense for the town of Peniche. I did not, however, know until this visit that it was used as a high security political prison between 1930 and 1974, during the Portuguese dictatorship. None of the information is in English, which is a shame, however we still managed to get the gist of the history of the fortress and found it very atmospheric and moving. A surprisingly fascinating place to visit with some lovely views over the coastline.
Written July 21, 2013
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danaI19
Hamilton, Canada31 contributions
skip it...
Jun 2016
The most run down, damp un welcoming museum we have ever been inside A lot of the artifacts are in a very poor state..but this is what we mostly encountered in Portugal.
Written June 28, 2016
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Curtis B
Alcobaca, Portugal579 contributions
Nice
Oct 2021
Free admission and a nice diversion from the normal tourist stuff - good views, interesting history,
Written October 29, 2021
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Mandy R
Viana do Castelo, Portugal96 contributions
still to be completed but great
Dec 2019
an excellent museum even though it is unfinished. English and Portuguese documentation and very well curated. very much worth visiting and will be completely finished by December 2020
Written December 12, 2019
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potatofish
Idaho791 contributions
Worth a stop
Oct 2019
Visited but didn't have too much time to stay. It was worth the trip. Loved walking around the grounds.
Written October 19, 2019
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evanses5
Miami, FL963 contributions
Prison on the water
Jun 2019 • Couples
This museum is free but really does not have much to offer
It did have one famous jail break in 1960 of Alvaro Cunhal
Not worth a detour

Written June 9, 2019
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Jethro672
London1,027 contributions
Could be much better but absolutely worth a visit..
Aug 2017 • Solo
Could be a lot better as a museum and it's collections and English explanations , however it's a very interesting visit in reagrda to Portugese history and especially when it was used as a prison under the Salazar regime. You only get to see the cells and other parts of the fort if you pay to enter the museum and it's worth it.
Written August 20, 2017
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Anna T
Boston, MA112 contributions
Interesting, but only in Portugese
Aug 2016 • Couples
The museum in itself isn't that great or pretty. However, their collection and the history of the building is nice. Unfortunately, the majority of the museum is only in Portugese and only few things are in English. However, the €1.60 was definitely worth it.
Written September 9, 2016
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