Museu Nacional do Traje

I remember to came here when I was a child, oh memories, if you have children bring them!! They will love it

"The museum was founded based on the people's desire to find a place where they could admire their ethnographic traditions, in particular Viana do Castelo's traditional costumes. As such, the museum's mission is to promote and study the regional identity of the people from the Alto Minho region, of which Viana is part.The museum has a permanent exhibition entitled "Wool and Linen in the Alto Minho Costume" set up by the ethnographer Benjamin Pereira. It exhibits the various stages involved in making a costume from the planting of the flax to the various steps that are needed until it is made into thread; and the manual looms where the thread was woven to then be embroidered with designs reflecting the surrounding nature by the delicate hands of local women." in Camara Municipal de Viana Website

The National Museum of the Dress is one of the most curiosous museums in Lisbon (but not the only). It has a collection of more than 7000 dresses and most of them belong to the Portuguese royal family. Although there are also dresses from other parts of the world. One of the best things is that, in addition to dresses, you can see objects that contextualize the time of each type of dress. There are also technical explanations about textiles in general.