Casa Fernando Pessoa

A lovely museum with much attention to detail, great way to dive into Pessoa’s life (lives) and Portuguese literature circles of his time. Absolutely recommend for literature fans and everyone looking for a quiet moment between the hustle of Lisbon’s touristic spots. Also an excellent example of inclusive museum culture, with everything being accessible for people with sight or hearing impairment.

If you're the typical tourist who takes a photo next to the Fernando Pessoa sculpture at the Café a Brasileira, you should at least know who he was. Excellent way and assembly to introduce this well reknown writer.

Excellent museum celebrating the life and works of one of Portugal's greatest writers Fernando Pessoa. The displays and different rooms are very well done, especially the private library. Staff was very friendly and the whole experience was worth the 5 euros entrance fee.

Visiting the Fernando Pessoa museum is a must for anyone interested in literature, poetry in particular. When he died in 1935, aged only 47, he left over 30.000 unpublished pages that have thereafter been subject to integration into his collective work. It's always very instructive to learn what writers read themselves and to my astonishment I found he had a deep interest in Astrology, at least to judge from a series of books in his personal library. The staff of the museum is very helpful and will recommend his books that are available in both French and English translations in the museum store. You can also order them on line.

Great museum filled with information about the author's life and work. Very nice installations and the atmosphere really gets you. Finally lots of nice things to buy at the gift shop. I would love to visit again and it's a very good opportunity for people who don't know the author to get to know him.

Super well put together museum about the writer. Highlights include books from his library and and his actual apartment from the last 15 years of his life. Found it all incredibly inspiring and if you enough to think about coming here, you should. Note, the gift shop was entirely empty of... anything, so don't plan to pick up your souvenir copy of the Book of Disquiet here.

If you are interested in Portuguese literary writer Fernando Pessoa, this is a good museum to learn about his life.

Fantastic experience! First of all, the staff are incredibly lovely and made me feel very welcome as a solo traveller. You start from the third floor and work your way down, the top floor, about Pessoa's "heteronyms" were fascinating and I especially enjoyed sitting and listening to the poetry. I went on a Tuesday morning which was quiet and it almost felt eerie. The second floor was the private library which was incredible to see, and a reading room, though I couldn't spot any English copies. The first, the apartment Fernando Pessoa last lived. Lots of sentimental objects, photographs and information as well as a video testimony from his niece. I actually didn't know who he was upon coming to Lisbon, but picked up his poetry in Liveria Bertrand and devoured in one evening. From deep diving the author I found Casa Fernando Pessoa and knew I needed to go. Very much worth the money. Just be careful when putting into maps as it first took me to a wrong location, another residence where he lived which was just a plaque on the wall.

I'm so glad I discovered Fernando Pessoa. What a treasure. I could've hung out all day learning about him, listening to/reading his poetry. I got emotional at moments with how much his words resonated with me.