Life in Museums I

Friday, early in the morning, my friend Leo and I met downtown to visit a lot of museums for our history assignment. Both him and I are suckers for good bargains and it was the first day of clearance sales on every store, so we delayed a bit the work. In the end we didn't buy anything and we only visited one museum (we're supposed to visit 3 for the assignment).

Some pictures from subway! I love this subway station it always looks like a rave is happening there. They do a lot of shows there though.

We visited the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, near downtown, by the river. It is a very beautiful place, I was really surprised. It's huge and the last 2 floors are really cozy!! The first floor is just like any other museum, but there are a lot of beautiful paintings from the 15th-19th centuries including one by Bosch and another by Albert Dürer. It has a lovely garden with a lovely view!

Bosch painting.

This is a very famous painting in Portugal, I remember first hear about it in history class on 6th grade. It is very similar to Jan van Eyck style (and is from the same period obviously). 

The view from the museum garden!