125 YEARS OF ELECTRIC TRACTION IN LISBON
TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
Museu da Carris & GAU – Urban Art Gallery
©Carris Museum Photographic Archive | Inauguration of Electric Traction in the city of Lisbon, 82.B.492. August 1901.
In partnership with GAU (Urban Art Gallery), the walls of the Museum and Santo Amaro Depot celebrate 125 years of electric traction through works by the artists Bugster One, C’Marie, Daniela Guerreiro, Mariana Duarte Santos and Jorge Charrua. The Carris Museum Photographic Archive is brought to life through posters that can be seen along the Museum’s tram route.
125 YEARS OF ELECTRIC TRACTION IN LISBON
Following a period of intensive work, which included laying the tracks, electrifying the network and the arrival of the first electric trams, CARRIS finally inaugurated its first electric tram service on 31 August 1901, connecting Cais do Sodré to Ribamar (now Algés).
We are marking 125 years of electric traction in Lisbon with a temporary exhibition that extends beyond the walls of the Carris Museum to Santo Amaro Depot. Along the tram route connecting the Museum’s two nucleus, visitors will encounter a series of posters illustrating this history, alongside urban art murals created especially for the exhibition. Through a collection of photographs and paintings, the exhibition evokes workers and their trades, different generations of trams, routes, streets and corners of the city. Individual and collective memories bear witness to the close connection between CARRIS and Lisbon.
ALCÂNTARA INTEIRA
TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
30 JUNE 2026 – 16 JANUARY 2027
©Lisbon Municipal Archive | Construction of the 25 25 de Abril Bridge (Tagus River Bridge), with Santo Amaro Depot visible, Artur Inácio Bastos, AIB001068. Between 1962 and 1966.
“Alcântara Inteira” is the new temporary exhibition at the Carris Museum, on display in Museum Nucleus 2.
Created in collaboration with the Universidade Alcântara Sénior (UAS) and Raúl Lino Primary School, “Alcântara Inteira” brings together memories, stories and perspectives from several generations, in a celebration of the Alcântara neighbourhood’s identity.
The exhibition reveals many stories of Alcântara waiting to be discovered, from cinemas and cafés that have disappeared, to the garden slide on the steps enjoyed by grandparents in their childhood and by today’s grandchildren.
Through personal accounts, photographs and objects, students from Universidade Alcântara Sénior share their own history of Alcântara. Meanwhile, children from Classes 2E and 4F of Raúl Lino Primary School imagine the “transport of the future” through their drawings, while giving new meaning to historic Carris flags.
The exhibition journey is further enriched by items from the Carris Museum and images from the Lisbon Municipal Archive.
Until 16 January 2027, “Alcântara Inteira” is on display in Museum Nucleus 2 of the Carris Museum.
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📅 30 June 2026 – 16 January 2027
🕛 10:00–13:00 :: 14:00–18:00 (last admission 30 minutes before closing)
📍 Carris Museum
🤝 Carris Museum | Universidade Alcântara Sénior | Raúl Lino Primary School
🔖 The exhibition is included in the Carris Museum admission ticket