Casa das Histórias Paula Rego

A small but concentrated museum well worth while visiting a little outside of Lisbon. I was staying in Lisbon so took a train from the Cais do Sodré station to Cascais. Trains run every 20 minutes but seem to be very busy at rush hour so go at off peak times. The museum was about a twenty five minute walk from the station down through the rather lovely town. Staff were very friendly and the collection seems to be very good indeed. Recommended. FYI the museum is about a 10 minute walk from the coast. I walked back into town, ice cream in hand, from the museum to the Boca do Inferno along the coast path, passing some crazy architecture and the castle before ending up back in the town. Beautiful views and interesting all the way.

I was mildly disappointed. The exhibition space is small, and looks like it is rotational display so we miss out on the artist's most recognizable paintings. However, the true highlight is the building. The striking, terracotta-red, with its twin pyramidal towers, is a contemporary masterpiece designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura, and is the undeniable feature that makes the visit worthwhile.

Stunning building by Souto de Moura. Nice use of space & they have bean bags outside where you can sit freely on the gardens. Collection was amazing but not much to see bc the place's a bit small.

This is a stunning piece of architecture housing a continuously changing exhibition of Paula Rego’s varied work. As an Anglo/Portuguese artist she her work is varied and shows empowering messages. From sculpture to theatrical costume with the illustration I can’t recommend this museum enough. The knowledge of the staff was incredible and I will revisit to build more knowledge of this amazing woman.

The best art activity in Cascais. Paula Rego has exquisite works. A wonderful heritage to Cascais.

Museum is small but worth to go for architecture. It has a quite nice and peaceful cafe.

Museum building is the highlight, as the exhibition is small (albeit pretty good) - I didn't see the most famous works which I had hoped to see. My main gripe is that you have to book up to a month in advance, which seems ridiculous given that the museum was almost empty by comparison with other museums we can visit across Europe and just walk in e.g. Amsterdam, London, Munich etc. After admiring the building for a bit, you wonder what the fuss was all about. I think they are missing a chance here to raise more money for cultural endeavours!

Highly divertive and mind-provoking exhibition, it was a well-used hour that I spended here. Even if the work of Paula Rego have some very dark topics and charisma, it's something you don't get to see somewhere else - unique work. And the building itself is of course marvellous!