Museum of Afro-Brazil
Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral, s/n, Ibirapuera Park, Sã o Paulo, Brazil
About the company:
The Museum of Afro-Brazil is a museum of history, art and ethnology dedicated to the study, preservation and display of objects related to the cultural universe of the black population in Brazil.
The museum was opened in 2004 and is located in the green part of the city, in the park of Ibirapuera. The building of the museum is located in the pavilion of Padre Manuel da Nobrega, originally called the Palace of Nations and is one of the members of the architectural structures in the park.
The museum’s collection includes about 4,000 works, including sculptures, paintings, photographs, documents and more. The exhibits of the museum display such themes of Afro-Brazilian culture as religion, work, art and, of course, slavery.