Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa (SGL)

Off the beaten path in the best way

As Americans who had been near the end of our trip and were tired of the art museums... this was one of the most educational and entertaining parts of our time in Lisbon. Our guide was extremely enthu...

great museum for Portuguese history with outstanding tour guides :)

I was looking forward to going to this museum based on the reviews and because of a book called "the internationalists" which begins with a discussion about the portugese empire. I felt very lucky tha...

Maybe not for everyone - but we had a great visit

A small but interesting museum - well worth a visit if you are interested in the Portuguese Empire and most of its colonies. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. It's may not be for everyone - but...

This treasure chest of Portuguese history is almost ‘invisible’!

I’m embarrassed to say that I passed by this place several times before I realised it was even there! This is really a terrific museum, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to garner a lot of TA revie...

Unexpected closure

Visited here last Wednesday afternoon to find the museum was unexpectedly closed on both Wednesday and Thursday. Had we known about the closure we could have visited on the Monday or Tuesday. It was...