This museum is in Biscainhos Palace, a building from the 17th and 18th centuries that for about 300 years has served as the house of a noble family. The original gardens are still here. The museum's interior has painted and ornamented ceilings and walls with panels of figurative and neoclassic tiles. Its exhibition rooms contain collections of Portuguese furniture and pottery; glassware; silverware; textiles; and Portuguese, Oriental,and Dutch Delft porcelain.
Old Archbishops Palace
The medieval wing, around a rectangular garden patio, may date from the 14th century. The other two main wings are from the 16th and the 18th centuries (Baroque). Noteworthy is the Chafariz dos Castelos (castles fountain), dated from 1723. Presently, the building lodges the Rectorate of the University of Braga, the Public Library and the District Archive.
