National Museum Soares dos Reis

The Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis is an art museum in the Portuguese city of Porto.

It was founded in 1833 by King Peter IV as Museu Portuense. In 1911 it was given the name of the sculptor António Soares dos Reis.

From its original location in the Convento de Santo António da Cidade it moved in 1940 to the Palácio dos Carrancas where it was reopened after renovations by Sá Fernandes 1942.

The museum houses an extensive collection of Portuguese in the 19th and 20th century art, including works by painters such as Domingos Sequeira, Vieira Portuense, Augusto Roque Mont, Miguel Ângelo Lupi, António Carvalho de Silva Porto, Marques de Oliveira, Henrique Pousão, Aurélia de Souza, Dordio Gomes, Júlio Resende and the sculptors Soares do rice, Augusto Santo António Teixeira Lopes or Rodolfo Pinto do Couto.