The painting Óculos (Sunglasses) belongs to the Carris Museum Collection. The work was acquired at the time of the exhibition Lost and Found by the artist Marta Moura at the Museum Gallery in 2012. 

The solo show represented a series of small paintings and drawings about the objects lost in transports from CARRIS by passengers in their everyday life. Each object led to a story, the goal was for the visitor to create his own interpretation. 

On 12th, 13th and 14th july (wednesday, thursday and friday) Carris Museum will be closed.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused

On 29th June (thursday) Carris Museum will be closed.

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In celebration of the Children´s Day on the first of June we invite our visitors to enter and enjoy one of the most creative pieces of our collection. 

Being of old age and given its fragility, our n.º851 Bus is normally closed 

to the general public. In June, exclusively, it will be opened. Enjoy and take care of this special vehicle. We advice a maximum capacity of 8 people 

per visit.

Making up a set of 5 vehicles (851 to 855), easily identifiable by its body 

with 2 doors for the passenger circulation and stairs to the 2nd floor installed 

in the middle of the vehicle. This bus began service fully painted in green broken only by a white stripe just under the lower-floor windows.

In 1982, this bus received an artistic intervention by the artist Eduardo Nery, 

as part of the project Art on Wheels.

Due to the event held in core II of Carris Museum, on April 19^th and 20^th (wednesday and thursday)  this space will be closed.

Therefore, the visit to the Museum on this day will be free and will only be possible to visit the cores I and III.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

The ‘Graça’ Funicular was inaugurated in March 1893, built by the ‘Nova Companhia dos Ascensores Mecânicos de Lisboa’. It made the link between ‘Nova da Palma’ Street and ‘Graça’ Square.

Like its counterpart in ‘Estrela’, this funicular used rotating cable traction system.

Due to expensive fares during the first few years of its operation, profits were low. Only in 1897 did this funicular begin to be profitable.

Its stopped functioning in 1910 after 17 years of service.

Establishing a connection between ´Praça de Luís de Camões´ and ´Largo da Estrela´, this lift, built by the New Company of the Mechanical Funiculars of Lisbon, was inaugurated in August 1890.

Driven by an endless cable funicular traction system, it used composites formed by an open tug carriage and a closed box carriage with 8 seated seats, and in that 10 seated seats and 4 standing.

The service ran from 8 am to 9 pm, with a stop between noon and 2 pm, and the trips costed 1 ´pataco´ (40 réis) between Camões and Estrela, or 1 ´pence´(20 ´réis´) from ´Poço dps Negros´ to any terminal.

The ´machimbombos´ of Estrela (name the cars were known), ceased function in 1913.

Due to the event held in core II of Carris Museum, on March 2^nd and 3^rd (thursday and friday) this space will be closed.

Therefore, the visit to the Museum on this day will be free and will only be possible to visit the cores I and III.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

The Carris Museum will be closed on February 28^{th (}Tuesday) for Carnival.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused

Due to the event held in core II of Carris Museum, on February 21^st and 22^nd (tuesday and wednesday) this space will be closed.

Therefore, the visit to the Museum on this day will be free and will only be possible to visit the cores I and III.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

The typography workshop was created in 1878 with the aim of printing tickets which should not only be cheaper but also more effective in counterfeiting transport tickets.

The original dies and matrices were manufactured in the seal workshops of the Casa da Moeda.

The workshop had, in particular, a press, a guillotine, manuals, and a punching machine. Another essential instrument was the automatic ticketing machine built at the Carris de Ferro de Lisboa Company Workshops, using the "Chambon" rotary ticket printing machine, in 1954. By means of the individually controlled adjustment device with control Automatic, runs on aggregate electric motor of the "Oerlikon" brand no. 191.13 - type 84.1.4. - 220/380 volts AY 3 phases - 50 cycles - 4.6 / 2.65 Amp.1.5 HP - 1390 RPM. Circuit breaker 'Metrovikers' type DOC 70. Dropped to service in 1993.

Dear visitors,

The Carris Museum will be closed on the 24th and 31st of December (Saturdays).

We wish our clients happy holidays and a prosperous new year.

For more than 40 years the trams were the only means of public transport in Lisbon. It is not surprising then, that from early on they were used as a means for publicity. The first of these photographs go back to the 1920’s where they were found both in the interior and exterior of the tram.

It was from 1947 with the arrival of the first double-decker buses in Lisbon, that this kind of advertising expanded. At this time it was not only CARRIS but also the public who appreciated these brightly painted advertisements, strategically positioned between the bus’ two floors. In fact, these buses without the advertisements could be compared today to a woman without make-up.

Advertising on double-decker buses in Lisbon was considered to be a secure and efficient means of attracting the public’s attention to the products of those who wanted to advertise. These colourful paintings were done on Carris’ premises as we can see in the above photograph. 

Due to the event held in core II of Carris Museum, on November 24^th (Thursday) this space will be closed.

Therefore, the visit to the Museum on this day will be free and will only be possible to visit the cores I and III.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused.