Museum of Fado in Lisbon is of particular value to the Fado music lovers as well as for those interested in the culture and history of Portugal.

Fado (derived from the Latin word "fate", which means "destiny") - is a special style of traditional Portuguese music. This romance street that runs one performer accompanied by two guitars, classical and Portuguese (twelve-string guitar). The fado is sung about destiny, about the amorous experiences of suffering. Fado filled with sadness and melancholy light. Genre goes back to the twelfth century, and finally formed at the beginning of the XIX century. Today, there are two main centers of Fado in Lisbon and Coimbra.

Fado Museum in Lisbon was opened in 1998 and is located in a spacious and beautiful building. The museum's exhibits tell the history of much of this genre. Extensive museum's collection includes many pictures of famous singers of Fado, the visitors put on display tools, including a Portuguese twelve-string guitar, has a multimedia section with songs where you can listen to different kinds of Fado. The walls of the museum are covered with information about how to develop Fado. A very interesting hall of the museum, which tells the story of the Portuguese guitar. In this room showing a film about how the masters did the Portuguese guitar, and along the walls exhibited different models of guitars. There is also a cafe where you can enjoy a live performance of Fado.

The museum is forbidden to take pictures, but there is a shop selling books about the art and culture of Portugal, including about fado, where you can buy music CDs.