Museums/Galleries in Rio de Janeiro

Sights Overview

Name	Category	Location

Casa Rui Barbosa Slightly inland from the Atêrro is a museum in what was...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil What was once the headquarters of Brazil's oldest bank is now...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Monumento aos Pracinhas The Monument to the Brazilian Dead of World War II (the nation...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu Carmen Miranda This tribute to the Brazilian bombshell is in a circular building...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu Casa do Pontal If you're heading toward Prainha or beyond to Grumari, consider...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs


Museu Chácara do Céu The collection of mostly modern works at the Museum of the Small...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu da Imagem e do Som The first audiovisual museum in Brazil, the Museum of Image and...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu das Telecomunicações Housed in the Oi Futuro, this high-tech museum is a multimedia...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM) In a striking concrete-and-glass building, the Modern Art Museum...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu de Arte Naïf do Brasil More than 8,000 art naïf works by Brazil's best (as well...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu do Bonde If you're waiting around for the bonde (tram) close to Largo...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu do Índio Just a few blocks away from the Botafogo metro station is Rio...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu H. Stern The world headquarters of H. Stern has a small museum where you...	Museums / Galleries	Zona Sul

Museu Histórico Nacional The building that houses the National History Museum dates from...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes Works by Brazil's leading 19th- and 20th-century artists fill...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Museu Villa Lobos Museu Villa Lobos A short walk from the Museu do Índio...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Palácio do Catete Once the villa of a German baron, the elegant, 19th-century granite-and-marble...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Palácio Tiradentes The Tiradentes Palace runs a permanent exhibit on its own history:...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx Beyond Grumari, the road winds through mangrove swamps and tropical...	Museums / Galleries	Centro and Environs
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