Museu das Marionetas is an author museum, centered on the work of João Paulo Seara Cardoso (1956-2010), director and artistic director of the Porto Puppet Theater. This is a memory space and future, in constant update. The opening of the Museum in 2013 marked the 25th anniversary of the Company. Puppets, props and emblematic objects used in the Company’s shows, as well as some of its stories, are exhibited and shared here. Museu das Marionetas also has a shop where various objects are available for sale, such as the puppets, brochures, catalogs and merchandising of the museum itself.

Netoys was founded in 1974 and is dedicated to providing unique moments capable of creating joy and happiness in children and adults. In this sense they developed partnerships, namely with the well-known brand Lego, which has stimulated the creativity of multiple generations of children. It also specializes in modeling, being the main focus rail modeling, offering exclusive solutions, made possible by its partnership with LusoToys. It also features a comprehensive catalog of various types of toys such as cuddly toys, games or educational toys. It is your desire, mission and vision to continue to provide present and future moments of pure individual or collective fun.

It already has 16 years in the market and is the only bookstore in the country specializing in poetry and theater. Valter Hugo Mãe called it a “gourmet bookstore” and, in fact, Poetry is a way of being that bets on its own editions as well as on the poetic arts of several Portuguese authors, English literature, Brazilian poetry and small publishers, representing also some of the most important Portuguese and foreign publishers. “Poetry heals, theater is life,” is the epigraph of this independent bookstore, where love for a cause is a source of perseverance. More than a bookstore, Poetria aims to be a “meeting point, for the exchange of information between people and books and for the dissemination of poetry and theater.”