Getting to know the Museum in an educational and interactive way
Tours of the Museum are organized according to the age of the participants and the types of discourse used on tours are varied and personalized. The tours are also different depending on the desired itinerary and the exhibition program on the date of the visit. On average, the visit lasts 1 hour and includes the permanent and/or temporary exhibition, a tram tour and the educational material, aimed at interacting with the groups.
The workshops start with a game-tour; however, the questions are related to the theme of the workshop that will be developed, thus allowing a direct link between the Museum’s exhibition/collection and the activity. Different experiences are provided and different themes within the Museum’s area of expertise are addressed. Interdisciplinary courses are proposed, targeting different age groups and training areas.
To request a booking for a Guided Visit, Educational Visit, Challenge Tour, Creative Activity or Workshop, please download and complete the Registration Form below and send it to museu@carris.pt.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME
A visit to Carris Museum led by a Cultural Mediator, guiding participants through the history of CARRIS, public transport and the evolution of the city of Lisbon.
A visit tailored to different educational levels, promoting observation, discovery and learning through cultural mediation and educational resources.
A practical and creative activity inspired by the Museum’s collection and the history of CARRIS. It begins with an Educational Visit and encourages experimentation, reflection, creativity and collaboration through both individual and group work.
Workshops are activities that explore artistic techniques, whether related to the Carris Museum collection or not. They may include a Guided Visit and can be adapted to different age groups.
Seasonal activities take place at specific times of the year. They include an Educational Visit to the Carris Museum and a creative or game-based activity.
PRE-SCHOOL
A box transforms into a horse-drawn tram, a tram and a bus to tell the story of CARRIS through sounds, movement and games. A sensory experience that invites young children to explore, discover and imagine.
Age: 3–5 years
Duration: 45 minutes
Price: €5 per child (15–25 participants) · €7 per child (up to 14 participants)
Cardboard tubes, bottle tops, LEGO bricks and pieces of string: in this activity, everything can be used for painting except brushes. Following a visit to the Museum and a tram journey to Nucleus II at Santo Amaro Depot, children explore everyday materials and create colourful works full of imagination.
Age: 3–5 years
Duration: 2 hours
Price: €7 per child (15–25 participants) · €9 per child (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Sound Journey + Painting Without Brushes
Is it a creative activity? A game? A mission? After exploring the Museum, each team follows a trail of clues and challenges. In the end, everything they discover helps to complete a Giant Puzzle!
Age: 4–5 years
Duration: 2 hours
Price: €7 per child (15–25 participants) · €9 per child (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Sound Journey + Giant Puzzle
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Once upon a time, there was a visit to Carris Museum told through a giant storybook! Through images, illustrations and interactive moments, participants discover the history of CARRIS and connect the Museum’s collection with a story full of discoveries.
Age: 6–10 years
Duration: 45 minutes
Price: €5 per child (15–25 participants) · €7 per child (up to 14 participants)
Following an Educational Visit to the Museum, each participant creates a mosaic tram or bus using reused materials. With scissors, glue and plenty of imagination, waste is transformed into art.
Age: 6–10 years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €7 per child (15–25 participants) · €9 per child (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Story Journey + Extraordinary Waste
Following a visit to the Museum and a journey aboard a historic tram, each participant builds and personalises their own mini tram. Folding, assembling, gluing and decorating are the steps that bring this creation to life.
Age: 6–10 years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €7 per child (15–25 participants) · €9 per child (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Story Journey + Build a Mini Tram
After discovering the history of CARRIS, participants transform the windows of a bus or tram into comic-strip pages. Using Edding markers and plenty of imagination, they create colourful stories full of creativity.
Age: 6–10 years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €7 per child (15–25 participants) · €9 per child (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Story Journey + Magic Windows
AGES 10-12
After discovering the history of CARRIS, participants transform the windows of a bus or tram into comic-strip pages. Using Edding markers and plenty of imagination, they create colourful stories full of creativity.
Age: 10–12 years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €7 per participant (15–25 participants) · €9 per participant (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Story Journey + Magic Windows
Inspired by the vehicles in the Carris Museum collection, participants create an agamograph, an image that changes according to the viewer’s perspective. Combining drawing and optical illusion, they produce surprising compositions to take home.
Age: 10–12 years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €7 per participant (15–25 participants) · €9 per participant (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Story Journey + Pant’Agamograph
AGES 12-15
A visit to Carris Museum exploring the history of the Company and the evolution of public transport in Lisbon. Led by a Cultural Mediator, the content is adapted to the interests and characteristics of each group.
Age: 12–15 years
Duration: 1 hour
Price: €4.50 per participant (15–25 participants) · €6.50 per participant (up to 14 participants)
A visit exploring the decisions and innovations that have shaped the history of CARRIS. From horse-drawn trams to trams and buses, participants discover the evolution of public transport and sustainability over more than 150 years.
Age: 12–15 years
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Price: €5 per participant (15–25 participants) · €7 per participant (up to 14 participants)
After discovering the history of CARRIS, participants transform the windows of a bus or tram into comic-strip pages. Using Edding markers and plenty of imagination, they create colourful stories full of creativity.
Age: 12–15 years
Duration: 2 hr 30 min
Price: €7 per participant (15–25 participants) · €9 per participant (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Guided Visit + Magic Windows
Trams, buses and depots become the starting point for a visual journal. Using Faber-Castell materials, participants experiment with different drawing techniques while exploring the Museum’s heritage.
Age: 12–15 years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €7 per participant (15–25 participants) · €9 per participant (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Guided Visit + Visual Journal
AGES 15-18
A visit to Carris Museum exploring the history of the Company and the evolution of public transport in Lisbon. Led by a Cultural Mediator, the content is adapted to the interests and characteristics of each group.
Age: 15–18 years
Duration: 1 hour
Price: €4.50 per participant (15–25 participants) · €6.50 per participant (up to 14 participants)
A visit exploring the decisions and innovations that have shaped the history of CARRIS. From horse-drawn trams to trams and buses, participants discover the evolution of public transport and sustainability over more than 150 years.
Age: 15–18 years
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Price: €5 per participant (15–25 participants) · €7 per participant (up to 14 participants)
Trams, buses and depots become the starting point for a visual journal. Using Faber-Castell materials, participants experiment with different drawing techniques while exploring the Museum’s heritage.
Age: 15–18 years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €7 per participant (15–25 participants) · €9 per participant (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Guided Visit + Visual Journal
Urban art surprises and inspires us, bringing new life to the walls of our cities. Inspired by the GAU – Carris Museum Urban Art Murals, participants explore the grid technique used by urban artists to create large-scale murals and recreate a photograph connected to the history of electric traction and CARRIS public transport.
Age: 15–18 years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €7 per participant (15–25 participants) · €9 per participant (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Guided Visit + Drawing to Scale
HIGHER EDUCATION
A visit to Carris Museum exploring the history of the Company and the evolution of public transport in Lisbon. Led by a Cultural Mediator, the content is adapted to the interests and characteristics of each group.
Age: 18+ years
Duration: 1 hour
Price: €4.50 per participant (15–25 participants) · €6.50 per participant (up to 14 participants)
A visit exploring the decisions and innovations that have shaped the history of CARRIS. From horse-drawn trams to trams and buses, participants discover the evolution of public transport and sustainability over more than 150 years.
Age: 18+ years
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Price: €5 per participant (15–25 participants) · €7 per participant (up to 14 participants)
Trams, buses and depots become the starting point for a visual journal. Using Faber-Castell materials, participants experiment with different drawing techniques while exploring the Museum’s heritage.
Age: 18+ years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €7 per participant (15–25 participants) · €9 per participant (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Guided Visit + Visual Journal
SENIOR AUDIENCES
A visit to Carris Museum exploring the history of the Company and the evolution of public transport in Lisbon. Led by a Cultural Mediator, the content is adapted to the interests and characteristics of each group.
Age: 65+ years
Duration: 1 hour
Price: €4.50 per participant (15–25 participants) · €6.50 per participant (up to 14 participants)
A visit exploring the decisions and innovations that have shaped the history of CARRIS. From horse-drawn trams to trams and buses, participants discover the evolution of public transport and sustainability over more than 150 years.
Age: 65+ years
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Price: €5 per participant (15–25 participants) · €7 per participant (up to 14 participant
A visit designed for senior audiences, exploring the heritage of Carris Museum and encouraging the sharing of memories. Through archival photographs and historical objects, participants are invited to recall stories, experiences and personal connections to the city and its transport network.
Age: 65+ years
Duration: 1 hour
Price: €4.50 per participant (15–25 participants) · €6.50 per participant (up to 14 participants)
WORKSHOPS
Photography Workshop
Inspired by Anna Atkins, participants collect plants from Carris Museum to create cyanotype compositions. After exposure to sunlight and the developing process, they visit the Museum and take their creation home.
Booking available only between May and September 2027.
Age: 6+ years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €10 per participant (10–20 participants)
Activity includes: Guided Visit + Cyanotype Weed Prints Workshop
Japanese Art Workshop
In this workshop, participants discover Suminagashi, a Japanese marbling technique in which ink floats on water to create unique patterns. Following a Guided Visit, they experiment with the technique and take their creation home.
Age: 7+ years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €10 per participant (10–20 participants)
Activity includes: Guided Visit + Sumi: Suminagashi at Carris Workshop
Urban Art Workshop
Inspired by Bordalo II’s Lighted Crows, this workshop challenges participants to create sculptures using reclaimed materials. With glue, paint and tools, creativity gives new life to discarded objects.
Age: 10+ years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €10 per participant (10–20 participants)
Activity includes: Guided Visit + Lighted Crows Workshop
GUIDED VISITS TO TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
A guided visit to the Urban Art Murals at Santo Amaro Depot, created through the GAU–Carris Museum partnership to celebrate 125 years of electric traction in Lisbon.
Age: 8+ years
Duration: 1 hour
Price: €4.50 per participant (15–25 participants) · €6.50 per participant (up to 14 participants)
A guided visit to the temporary exhibition Alcântara Inteira, a collaboration between Carris Museum, Universidade Alcântara Sénior and E.B. Raúl Lino. The exhibition reflects different perspectives and experiences of the neighbourhood across generations.
Age: 10+ years
Duration: 1 hour
Price: €4.50 per participant (15–25 participants) · €6.50 per participant (up to 14 participants)
SEASONAL ACTIVITIES
In this activity, participants create a Christmas pop-up card inspired by simple cutting, folding and collage techniques. As the card opens and closes, the images spring to life, creating an original festive design. And who knows? Your card may even reach its destination…
Booking available only during November and December 2026.
Age: 5–12 years
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Price: €7 per child (15–25 participants) · €9 per child (up to 14 participants)
Activity includes: Story Journey + Christmas Pop-Up Card Activity
Museum Educators
TEAMAll the activities carried out by the Educational Service of Museu da Carris are accompanied by a team of specialized monitors with training in the different cultural and educational areas and experience in several national and international Museums.