• Creative Mornings on the last Sunday of each month, a two-hour puppet-making session for one adult plus one child over 6 (€6, book by phone or email)
• Family guided visits for kids 4 and up, one hour, booked ahead with the museum
• Puppet shows run on their own ticket and calendar, so check the program before you go

Portugal's only puppet museum fills the Convento das Bernardas, a former convent in Madragoa. Display cases hold traditional Portuguese puppets next to masks and puppets from Java, Bali, Burma, Vietnam, China and Africa, from string marionettes to shadow figures.

The museum also stages its own puppet shows, and family workshops let kids build a puppet and learn to work it.