We really loved this stop. It is worth your time and money. Great and affordable (7€) walk thru with audio guide to learn the history of Lisboa. Really well done. As you learn about the trading port they actually pump in smells of cinnamon and others spices. Short movie as well to help picture the devastation of the earthquakes, tsunami and fires and then the planning and rebuilding. Located right in Commerce Square read more

A small museum experience to quickly learn Portugal's history. It is included with the Lisboa card purchase. A recorded guided experience. read more

Lisboa Story Centre - Exhibit inside - Museums Near Me - Lisboa, 20

OK for a quick visit, but don't expect much. This is a pretty simple little museum with dioramas and some videos relating to the story of Lisbon. You walk around holding a phone-like device up to you ear, hear descriptions of various portions of history, then keep walking. There are no historical artifacts on display - just dioramas - but the dioramas are made fairly well. My only real complaint here is that the audio content is LONG. You'll end up staring at some video loop for 10+ minutes, which is a little excessive. read more

I had one free morning in Lisbon and decided to go to Old Town. My reasoning was that it would be the quickest way to see the historic character of the city in the time given. When I arrived at the subway station nearest Alta Villa, I saw a sign that pointed to Lisboa Story Center. That prompted me to look it up on-line and I found that it was advertised as an overview of Lisbon's history in one hour. I had time for that!! After walking around Old Town for a bit, I decided to hike down to the waterfront where the Story center was located. The entrance fee was €7 and was certainly worth it. Quite honestly, I thought it was ideal for kids. The multi-sensory approach was one that would have been geared toward older (late Elementary or Junior High) children as it featured a lot of props, illustrations, story-telling, etc. But it was also interesting for adults, even if it was a bit elementary. The audio guide that was included with the tour was indispensable as the narration was essential to the experience. However, the way it was set up was also a bit of an irritation because you had to be very careful where you stood. It was activated by the sensor nearest the device and you could be at the end of a display still taking in the last of that narrative, only to wander too far and abruptly pick up the narration for the next display. In general, the museum was set up well as it accomplished the intended purpose. It presented a quick overview of the highlights of the city's history. There was not much depth to the analysis but it did walk one through the timeline effectively. The one aspect that I enjoyed the most, and one where there was more substance to the display, involved the great 18th-century earthquake that changed Lisbon's character permanently. This was where it might have gotten a little intense for younger children. In general, if you want an overview of the history of the city, which is all I had time to accomplish on this visit, this place is a good option for that. It is worth the admission price if you know what you are getting. It probably took me a little more than an hour, but less than 90 minutes, to get through it. Then again, I am a detail person when it comes to museums. Many people could probably get out in 60 minutes or less. read more

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Ignoring all the technical glitches and difficulty navigating the exhibits, the white washing and historical erasure in this museum are crazy. They only refer to colonialism as a positive thing, make absolutely no mention of how Portugal was a huge part of the slave trade and profited immensely from it, and completely ignored the 50 year long fascist dictatorship that dominated the 20th century. If you want your kids to learn an easy to digest version of history, this place is fine. But if you actually want to know about the history of Lisbon, Portugal, and all their associated nuances, avoid this museum like the bubonic plague that was also never mentioned in the exhibits. read more

Newly renovated and upgraded to emphasize interactive experiences, the Lisboa Story Centre is a thorough and excellent presentation of Lisbon's history, particularly the 1755 earthquake. read more

It's a nice and original attraction that makes perfect sense in this recently renovated Terreiro do Paço. I wasn't dazzled by te interactive aspect of the tour but the storytelling is very good, playful and captivating - in fact, I wish they had lost some of the automatic audio-guide shenanigans and had instead invested a bit more in other kinds of interactions and in better sets. While you listened to the longer chapters, there wasn't much to do instead of just hanging around looking at the same cheap boring printed reproductions of maps or interiors. Unfortunately I thought that the experience and interaction design was clumsy at some points: sometimes you weren't sure what to do, you accidentally triggered a new chapter, the visual and sound cues just weren't there. On the other hand, I thought that the video production was very good and the chapter about the 1755 earthquake was emotive and impressive in equal measure. All things considered, you do learn a lot about the city's history, even if you lived there all your life or you just arrived for a weekend of sightseeing. Go there if you have an hour to spend and definitely buy the "Interactive Pack" that gets you a ticket to go up the nearby Rua Augusta Arch for just 1€ more. read more

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Good (if slightly simplistic) introduction to Lisbon's history. It's expensive at 7 Euros each - it's probably worth half that. There are no actual objects on display. It's more of a non-interactive audio visual experience. The whole audio/visual tour take 45-60 minutes. I'd maybe recommend if it was priced lower. read more

This is an audio guide walkthrough of many long and mostly boring static displays. Not a good use of €7. It's worth about half of the admission. read more

Anyone with sensory overload issues should avoid this place. After paying 14 euros for our tickets, we entered the first room and found ourselves surrounded by six television screens that were all showing different things, with dizzying images moving quickly across each screen. It was nearly impossible to look at the screens. The audio guide commentary sounded like the kind of loud, annoying radio advertisement that would cause me to quickly change to a different station. There were no markers on the floor, so if you accidentally took one step too far towards another screen, the audio switched to that text instead. If you wanted to hear the rest of the commentary from the first one, you had to start again from the beginning. After three minutes, I had a headache and a stomach ache, and my husband was not much better off. We decided to ask for a refund. There was no legitimate way out, so we jumped the gate and went back out the way we came in. The lady at the ticket counter felt our pain, but could not issue a refund. We had her ask her supervisor, to no avail. We had her ask her manager, who gave the final answer: no refunds. We decided that we didn't want to waste 14 euros, so we went through the "story" as quickly as possible, without looking at any television screens and without listening to that horrendously corny audio guide. There were a couple of nice things to look at, but no explanations that we could read. (Yes, I am going into the future kicking and screaming.) The best part was a film about the 1755 earthquake. It was fascinating, well-made, and told a complete story without changing scenes every five seconds. Overall, it was very poor value for the money. read more