The museum is housed in a building next to the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira, founded in 950 by Countess Mumadona Dias. The collection includes several seventeenth-century paintings depicting foundational moments in the history of the country, including several renditions of Afonso Henriques.
![Painting of King Dom João I praying before the battle of Ajubarrota.](https://afonsohenriques.academic.wlu.edu/files/2022/07/Portugal-2021-1-of-1-1-scaled.jpeg)
![Holy vision of Afonso Henriques during the battle of Ourique.](https://afonsohenriques.academic.wlu.edu/files/2022/07/Portugal-2021-1-of-1-3-scaled.jpeg)
![Depiction of Afonso Henriques praying to Nossa Senhora da Oliveira for her favor in the Battle of Ajubarrota.](https://afonsohenriques.academic.wlu.edu/files/2022/07/Sampaio-AH-praying_-scaled.jpeg)
![Depiction of the baptism of Afonso Henriques by São Gerardo.](https://afonsohenriques.academic.wlu.edu/files/2022/07/Sampaio-Baptism-of-AH-by-São-Geraldo-scaled.jpeg)
![Depiction of King Dom João I soliciting favor from Nossa Senhora da Oliveira before the battle of Aljubarrota.](https://afonsohenriques.academic.wlu.edu/files/2022/07/Sampaio-D.-João-soliciting-favor-scaled.jpeg)