The Indian Museum is one of the largest ethnographic museums in Brazil dedicated to the life and traditions of the Indian tribes o …
The Museum of Images of the Unconscious originated initially in the workshops of painting and modeling of the Department of Occupa …
The Museum of Modern Art is the most popular attraction in the town of Niteroi. The unusual building of the museum has the shape o …
The Museum of Modern Art is a world-famous architectural creation in the style of modernism by architect Oscar Niemeyer. The cons …
The Oscar Niemeyer Museum of Contemporary Art is located in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The museum building was built in 1996 …
The Castro Maya Museum is a historical landmark of Rio de Janeiro. The founder of the museum is Raimundo de Castro Maya. Now the …
The Copacabana Fort Museum is part of a Brazilian military base that is now accessible to visitors. On the territory of the fort t …
Hardly in Brazil you can find a five-star hotel that does not sell jewelry of the famous company Stern (H. Stern). For more than h …
The museum submarine Riachuelo is a floating museum in Rio de Janeiro, which is a decommissioned S-22 submarine moored in the city …
The Museum of Image and Sound in São Paulo is the Brazilian State Museum of Audio and Video Files. It was created at the end of th …
The Brazilian National Historical Museum is popular all year round among visitors and locals. The gallery is located in the heart …
The Chacara do Ceu Museum is one of two Castro Maya museums that preserves and displays a wide variety of art objects. The museum …
The First Reign Museum is a small historical museum in Rio de Janeiro dedicated to the reign of Emperor Pedro I. The museum is hou …
The National Museum is the oldest scientific institution in Brazil and the largest museum of natural history and anthropology in L …
The Casa de Rui Barbosa Museum is a unique museum with 37,000 books, personal and antique items. The mansion was originally built …
The Dam Museum is a colonial style mansion of the XVIII century. It was purchased in 1913 and finally restored in 1920 by Raimundo …
The Naif International Museum of Art is a museum that houses the most exclusive and largest collection in the world. It features m …
The Museum of the Republic is a museum in Rio de Janeiro, which covers the history of Brazil and the immediate formation of the re …
The Museum of Sacred History of Tiradentis is famous for its unique collection dedicated to the servant of the imperial dynasty. I …
Among the many attractions in Rio de Janeiro, special attention should be paid to the Amsterdam Saue - the museum of jewelry art. …
The Amsterdam Sauer Museum tells visitors about rare minerals and precious stones. It is the most complete private gemstone museum …
The ship-museum Bauru is a decommissioned destroyer of the Brazilian Navy, now turned into a popular tourist attraction. The ship …
The Two Wheels Museum is the only museum in Brazil dedicated to the ancient history of motorcycles. It is located on the border wi …
The Railroad Museum of Rio de Janeiro was opened in 1984 on the initiative and with the support of the Federal Railway of Brazil. …
The Ivy House Museum is a museum also known as the Ivy Ranch. It is one of the best examples of urban housing for a wealthy family …
Located in Rio de Janeiro, the Casa do Pontal Museum is considered the largest and most important folk art museum in Brazil. The …
The Rio tram museum offers its visitors more than three hundred exhibits displaying the history of the origin of trams in the city …
The Aerospace Museum is a Brazilian national aviation museum located 25 kilometers west of downtown Rio de Janeiro. Possessing a r …
The Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences is a vast Brazilian museum dedicated to space, the exact sciences and the development …
The Rio de Janeiro Football Museum is the first museum in Brazil dedicated to football. The museum was opened in 2006 by the Stat …
House-Museum Casimiro de Abreu is a famous museum of the city of Casimiro de Abreu, located on the street Barra di San Juan. The …
The Museum of Geology opened in December 2008 and has the mission of combining rocks, fossils, minerals, geological events and man …
The National Museum of Fine Arts is located in the center of Rio de Janeiro, on the busy street of Rio Branco. The building contai …
The Marine Museum is a military museum in Rio de Janeiro dedicated to the Royal Marine Corps who landed in the city in 1809. The m …
The Jewish Museum is another attraction of Rio de Janeiro. As many Jewish immigrants from Europe live in Brazil, this museum provi …
The Archaeological Museum in Itaipu is dedicated to the development of educational and cultural programs aimed at local schools an …
The Museum of History and Diplomacy is a popular Brazilian museum located in the central part of Rio de Janeiro and attracts visit …
The Naval Oceanographic Museum is a popular Brazilian museum located in the heart of Rio de Janeiro and entirely dedicated to the …
The da Mare Museum was opened in 2006 and is housed in a small two-storey building of yellow-orange color. The museum in its coll …
Rio de Janeiro is a city of vivid contrasts, where beach energy is combined with deep historical and cultural layers. Here, museums do not offer dry studies, but live stories: from the ethnography of indigenous peoples to the avant-garde architecture of modern art temples. A walk through the exhibition halls turns an ordinary journey into an emotional and intellectual discovery.
Many unique collections are concentrated in the city and surrounding areas: The Museum of Indians tells about the life and traditions of South American tribes, and the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro is the largest collection of natural science and anthropological artifacts in Latin America. In Niteroi is the Museum of Modern Art with the futuristic building of Oscar Niemeyer, and next to it is another museum of modern art, which has become the architectural hallmark of the region. The naval and naval displays are impressive - the museum submarine Riachuelo (decommissioned submarine S-22) and the museum-fort Copacabana give a vivid view of maritime history. Folk art lovers will appreciate the Casa do Pontal collections, and museums of geology and astronomy collect rare samples of minerals, fossils and interactive scientific artifacts. In the vicinity of Rio, 25 km to the west, there is an aerospace museum, and in the mountain and coastal settlements you can find small museum houses and private collections that add unexpected colors to the route.
Museum life in Rio is full of temporary projects and exhibitions – in the exhibition halls regularly appear imported collections and seasonal projects of contemporary art and history. Thematic exhibitions, retrospectives and educational programs are held in different seasons of the year, and a number of museums organize special night and family programs for visitors of all ages. Even without fixed dates, the city offers continually updated expositions and curatorial projects that make each trip unique and inspiring.
Come to Rio de Janeiro to experience this museum palette with your own eyes, from ethnography to modernist architecture and sea relics. The best way to see the main thing is to book excursions with a private guide: a local guide will make the best route, share live stories and help avoid queues. Book a tour or itinerary in advance and turn your trip into a rich and memorable adventure.
