Museu do Carnaval
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
This small museum documents the history of Rio's samba schools, where visitors can try on costumes and masks. Also displays the trophies of the samba schools....
Museu do Índio
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
A small museum with a collection of Brazilian Indian (povos indígenas) photographs, paintings, artifacts and other craft (in Botafogo). Very popular with local schoolchildren, but has much for ...
Museu do Primeiro Reinado
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
A museum about the reign of Emperor Pedro I (1822-1831), but with a modest collection (in São Cristóvão). It is housed in the historic buil...
Museu do Trem
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
A modest collection of 19th century engines, train cars and streetcars (in Engenho de Dentro). Although not widely publicized, the museum attracts a significant amount of crowd,especially the ones int...
Museu Histórico Nacional
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
A museum of Brazilian history stretching from colonial to imperial times; big collection of paintings, and artifacts (downtown). Highlights include gilded imper...
Museu Internacional de Arte Naïf
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
In Cosme Velho, next to Corcovado rail station, this colonial mansion houses the world's largest collection of primitive paintings from the 15th century to the ...
Museu Nacional
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
Actually, it's the Natural History museum, with dinosaur fossils and lots of mounted tanned animals; go there if you want to see a jaguar without getting into the jungle; it was formerly the Emperor's...
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
Includes large paintings from Academicist and Neoclassical Brazilian artists, as well as many copies of European sculptures (downtown, Cinelândia squ...
Museu Naval
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
Located downtown not far from the ferry terminal, Museu Naval chronicles the history of the Brazilian navy from the 16th century to the present. The museum also exhibits model warships, maps and navig...
Museu Naval e Oceanográfico
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
The Museum is more than just a naval museum: it covers the disputes between Colonial powers, and the role of Brazilian Navy since before its independence until ...
Museu Villa-Lobos
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
This modest museum is dedicated to the memory of Brazil's greatest classical composer, and the founder of the Brazilian Academy of Music - Heitor Villa-Lobos. In addition to his piano, musical instrum...
Musical sidewalks of Vila Isabel
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- City: Rio de Janeiro
The mosaic sidewalks along Boulevard 28 de Setembro between Praça Maracanã and Praça Barão de Drummond are musical staves. Written i...