A contemporary art and architecture museum on the Belém waterfront, opened in 2016 in a striking building by British architect Amanda Levete — a low white curved structure that appears to grow organically from the riverbank, its tiled roof doubling as a walkable surface connecting the waterfront to street level above.
The museum shares its site with the Museu da Electricidade, housed in the red-brick former Tejo Power Station that provided most of Lisbon's electricity until 1972. The old power station with its vast turbine hall and original machinery is one of the most impressive industrial heritage spaces in Portugal; MAAT's exhibitions of contemporary art use the contrast between the two buildings. Combined tickets are available for both spaces.