Franscisco Tavares Proença Júnior Museum

Largo da Misericórdia
Phone: (+351) 272.344.277

Franscisco Tavares Proença Júnior Museum
It occupies the former Bishop's Palace of Castelo Branco, a building which was repeatedly adapted until the instalation of the museum in 1971.

The original nucleus was originally based on the archaeological collection of Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior, later reinforced by pieces from the Bishop´s Palace and successively enriched with collections of coins, Roman and Visigothic goldsmithery, arms and with the famous Castelo Branco bedspreads, belonging to the Vilhena collection.

The museum is now offering a display focusing two themes: the bishopric history and the embroideries of Castelo Branco.

These themes are divided by sections on silk, the embroidery in civil and religious garments, and the embroidered Castelo Branco and Indian-Portuguese bedspreads.