Sea Museum King Carlos

Sea Museum King Carlos
Museu do Mar Rei Dom Carlos focuses the culture and traditions of Cascais and is divided into four sections: one dedicated to the town´s history, including prehistoric and paleontological vestiges; another focusing ethnologiocal aspects, such as the typical clothes of the region´s fishermen; a third is dedicated to subaquatic archaeology; finally, the fourth enables visitors to discover the story of local shipwrecks and of the treasures thus recovered.

The museum has an excellent library open to the public, where a 16th-century engraving by Georgius Braunnius, portraying Cascais and its bay, can be admired.