Museu Romântico
Museums & Thematic Centres
The Romantic Museum is housed in the Quinta da Macieirinha, also known as the Quinta do Sacramento, an 18th-century country house that once belonged to the Pinto Basto family.
The building opened as a museum in 1972, aiming to recreate the atmosphere of a 19th-century bourgeois home — a reflection of Porto’s lifestyle during that period.
After an architectural renovation by Camilo Rebelo and the restoration of key pieces from its collection, the museum reopened in 2017.
In 2021, a new museological project was launched. Coinciding with the Porto Book Fair, the theme of the natural world became the creative inspiration and driving force for the first exhibition: When the Earth Shines Green for You Again.
In 2022, the exhibition METAMORPHOSES – Vegetal, Mineral and Animal Immanence in the Romantic Domestic Space brought together a wide selection of works — some from the former Romantic Museum and other spaces of the Museu do Porto, and others never previously exhibited — highlighting the remarkable quality and diversity of the municipal collections.
The museum is set within a vast green area that includes the Crystal Palace Gardens and the Casa Tait Gardens, offering sweeping views of the river and the sea.
The building opened as a museum in 1972, aiming to recreate the atmosphere of a 19th-century bourgeois home — a reflection of Porto’s lifestyle during that period.
After an architectural renovation by Camilo Rebelo and the restoration of key pieces from its collection, the museum reopened in 2017.
In 2021, a new museological project was launched. Coinciding with the Porto Book Fair, the theme of the natural world became the creative inspiration and driving force for the first exhibition: When the Earth Shines Green for You Again.
In 2022, the exhibition METAMORPHOSES – Vegetal, Mineral and Animal Immanence in the Romantic Domestic Space brought together a wide selection of works — some from the former Romantic Museum and other spaces of the Museu do Porto, and others never previously exhibited — highlighting the remarkable quality and diversity of the municipal collections.
The museum is set within a vast green area that includes the Crystal Palace Gardens and the Casa Tait Gardens, offering sweeping views of the river and the sea.
