Museu Allen

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Museu Allen (Allen Museum), also referred to as the Museu da Restauração (Restoration Museum) and the Museu Portuense da Rua da Restauração, was located in the parish of Miragaia, in the city and district of Porto, in Portugal. The first museum in Porto to offer public admission, it was dedicated to the exhibition of collections of art, natural history, epigraphs and other items owned by John Francis Allen (1781-1848), a wealthy port wine dealer, whose collection was, at the time, considered the best private collection in the country.

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