Museu de Lagos Dr. José Formosinho

The faulty towers of museums! An eclectic collection of anything ‘Lagos’ including some nice local art and historic paraphernalia. A very strange method of entry existed when I visited and the staff appear to have been trained by the gestapo ! All in all worth a visit especially if you qualify for consessions and it is a grey and windy day.

Just walked be and decided to visit. Entree €3. Nice things to see. Paintings, old stuff, very beautiful Church with a lot of gold. Lets surprise you!

Like I read it from an other review. Small local museum very well arranged, with interesting pieces. Pretty well done. It worth to visit approx 40 min. And it pleasant to walk in and visit. Nice

Nice little museum, worth a visit with family. You’ll spend about 20–30 minutes there. It costs around €1.50 for students or €3 for adults. When it’s smoking hot outside, it’s a good place to visit – they also have AC!

Small, but perfectly formed museum! Creative displays - I especially loved the big 'Cabinet of curiosities', which was a room sized enclosure with everything from ethnography, through medieval objects to natural history exhibits. Stunning gold church interior as the last room. Simple single route through the museum. Each room had at least one tactile object with accompanying brail description.

Bizarre interaction. First day I went to visit I was discourager by staff and was told to come back. The next day, I showed up at opening time and a staff came out the door asked "can I help you" with a what do you want suspicious tone, when I clearly look like a tourist. Not backpacker/tourist friendly. No space to store bags, won't allow you to leave at reception and won't allow you in to visit if they decide a bag is too big. Based on other reviews, this seems to be a common exoerience.

Measly entrance free for an interesting museum, albeit one with a very confusing layout, with no clear directions which way to go. The pièce de resistance is St Anthony’s Chapel, right before you exit. There is no warning to the immense, gilded grandeur you’ll see. Worth the price of admission alone. Otherwise some random, beautiful artifacts and mediocre nature themed art pieces. Staff are quite kind (except for the moody reception). In and out in less than an hour.

The museum and church are both combined. Service is very helpful. Be aware of brake driving a day between 1300 and 1400. Exhibition is very interesting for both kids and adults. For kids you have an interactive demonstration of ships battle and outcome with melted canon AND plan of city in miniature.