Come and enjoy historic consoles, arcade machines, and the latest generation of consoles and PCs, organized by decade and featuring the great classics of video games such as Street Fighter, Chuckie Egg, Pong, Streets of Rage, Tetris, Pac-Man, among others. Learning about the history of video games is to understand that they reflect the culture, technology, media, and social values of each era. Through play, we often discover the dynamics of relationships, the importance of cooperation, and develop skills such as speed, coordination, focus, and reasoning. More than 40 years of video game history will be available for interaction.
The Nostalgica Museum of Video Games and Technology is an educational, cultural, and interdisciplinary project with the main goal of collecting, preserving, and showcasing over four decades of the history of technology and video games as objects, practices, and sociocultural phenomena. With more than 300 computers, consoles, gadgets, and other devices, the Nostalgica Museum offers an open space for exploration, experimentation, and interaction with items ranging from the 1970s to the latest innovations in technology and the entertainment industry. The intersection of education, training, and technological engagement is one of the museum’s main missions. It is a unique space in Portugal, open to the general public, organizations, and educational institutions. In addition to its permanent exhibition, the Nostalgica Museum also organizes themed events in various formats across the country, as well as birthday and corporate celebrations