Carlos Gomez Museum

The Carlos Gomez Museum, founded in Campinas in 1956, houses a huge collection of documents and other objects belonging to the famous conductor and composer Antonio Carlos Gomez.

The Composer Museum is located in the same building as the Scientific Center for Arts and Literature.

The museum consists of various manuscript and printed collections of classical and popular music from the first half of the XIX century to the middle of the twentieth century. In total, the collection includes about 3,000 works. The museum exposition also houses an extensive bibliography of the composer’s works.

The museum is divided into two parts. The first includes the collection of works by the composer, and the second - the collection of Manuel José Gomez and José Pedro Sant'Anna, who played a leading role in the musical life of Campinas.