• Creative Hub of Beato, a new workspace for creative and technology startups, has been built in eastern Lisbon, in a former army factory complex. It includes twenty buildings across around 35,000 square metres of space.

• The Bairro Alto Theatre, formerly the home of Teatro da Cornucopia, a major independent theatre company, has been repurposed as a contemporary arts centre geared towards experimental art and emerging artists.

• Biblioteca De Marvila, the city’s largest municipal library, opened at the end of 2016, in an area characterised by low literacy rates.

• Cine-Teatro Capitólio, a derelict former cinema in the city centre, has been rebuilt and reopened, having been selected for restoration by the World Monuments Fund.

• Restructuring of the Lisbon Municipal Archives was completed in 2018, with facilities that were dispersed across four buildings being incorporated into a single building. The archive is home to a collection of documents dating back to the Middle Ages.

• MUDE – Museum of Design and Fashion is currently undergoing renovation. The extended area will include space for a new permanent exhibition dedicated to Portuguese and Latin American design, four rooms for temporary exhibitions, an archive, educational workshops, artistic spaces and a new auditorium.

• The new private Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, designed by Amanda Levete Architects, and Tagus Central, presents national and international exhibitions reflecting on current issues and trends.

• The Luís de Camões Theatre, a municipal children’s theatre in Lisbon, reopened in June 2018, featuring a programme of contemporary performing arts for children.

• The Jewish Museum of Lisbon is being built in the Belém district and is scheduled to open in 2024. Its exhibits will include pieces and images of Jewish culture donated by the local community, and will remember the history and contributions of the Jewish community to Lisbon and Portugal.

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