Exhibitions
17 Nov 2025
- 29 Mar 2026
Museu de São Roque
Everybody's children... whose children? The exposed on the Lisbon wheel
The Historical Archive of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa preserves nearly 90,000 exhibitors' signs - objects that accompanied the children on the wheel - organized into five documentary series, dating from 1658 to 1939.
This is the largest collection of documents of its kind in the world.
The exhibition is part of the application for these documents to be included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.
Opening hours: From Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 18:00.
Closed on January 1st and during liturgical celebrations.
Location: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery