The Pius XII Museum’s collection focuses primarily on archaeology and sacred art. It is made up of heterogeneous collections including ceramics, textiles, sculpture, jewelry, liturgical implements, numismatics, medals and paintings. Together with the Medina Museum, it is located in the building of the Conciliar Seminary of Santiago, in Braga.

It has a vast collection of stone, numismatics, ceramics, textiles, sculpture, painting and jewelry. Some examples from each of these collections can be seen in the current exhibition “A Museum of History.” Visitors will be able to contemplate a significant part of the work of Henrique Medina, one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century. The Pius XII Museum houses 50 paintings and 20 drawings. The museum offers a visit to the Medieval Tower known as “Nossa Senhora da Torre”, where the history of the city of Braga is narrated and documented throughout the five floors that one ascends. At the top of the Tower there is a magnificent panorama. The first floor illustrates the period from the Bracarios to the Reconquista; the second floor shows medieval Braga; the third floor takes us to the Renaissance – Braga spreads out into beautiful squares; the embellishment of these new spaces (the work of architects André Soares and Carlos Amarante) is narrated on the fourth floor; the top floor brings us into contact with present-day Braga.