Opening Hours
Museu de Alberto Sampaio
From Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.00 to 18.00.
Closed on Easter Sunday, on New Year’s Day, May 1 and 25 December.
“Museum at Night”: during the summer months, the MAS promotes this initiative (with movable dates) that extends the museum’s opening hours until 24.00.
Palacete de Santiago
Temporary exhibitions: Monday to Friday, from 10.00 to 18.00.
It is closed to the public when there are no temporary exhibitions or other events.
Admission Prices
Palacete de Santiago
Normal ticket – 5€
Cloister – 1€
Palacete de Santiago
Most of the exhibitions/ events that take place in this space are free.
50% discount
– 65 years or more*
– Visitors between the ages of 13 and 24 (including)*
– Families with, at least, one adult and one minor
Free Entry
– Since 1 August 2024, Portuguese citizens and residents in Portugal can access 37 museums, monuments and palaces free of charge 52 days a year, any day of the week, on presentation of their Citizen Card
– Children and young people up to and including 12 years old
– Unemployed residing in the European Union
– Visitors with disabilities (>60%) and accompanying person
– Former combatants or surviving spouse of former combatant
– Professors and students of higher education, including from Senior Universities, on study visits
– Professionals in the museology and heritage sector, in office
– Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, E.P.E. employees and accompanying persons
– Members of the Groups of Friends of Museums, Monuments and Palaces under tutelage of Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, E.P.E.
– Members of ICOM, ICOMOS, APOM (the Portuguese Muesology Association) and workers of Ministry of Culture bodies
Tourism or media professionals in office
– Accredited groups from Private Social Solidarity Institutions, Social Action Areas of municipalities or other Institutions of public interest
– Commemorative dates: International Museum Day (May 18); Museums Night and Thursdays at Night; International Day of Monuments and Sites (April 18).
Combination Ticket
Museu de Alberto Sampaio + Paço dos Duques de Bragança + Castelo de Guimarães* – 13€
*Visiting the Guimarães Castle entails understanding and accepting the rules of conduct and safety that may see HERE.