The collection of the National Coach Museum is unique in the world, assembling ceremonial and promenade vehicles from the 17th to the 19th century, mostly from the Crown’s estate or private property of the Portuguese Royal House. It includes coaches, berlins, carriages, chaises, cabriolets, litters, sedan chairs and children’s buggies, making up an excellent quality collection that enables visitors to understand the technical and artistic evolution of animal-draw carriages used by European Courts until the birth of the motor car.

A special note should be said about the rare travelling coach of King Philip II, built in Spain in the end of the 16th century, beginning of the 17th century, one of the most ancient coach models ever known.