Rio De Janeiro Museums

Museum of Contemporary Art, Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art, Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — photo by hanneorla

Museums

  • Museu Histórico Nacional (National Museum of History) (downtown).
  • Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (Museum of Fine Arts) - (downtown, Cinelândia square).
  • MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna (Museum of Modern Art) - (downtown, next to Santos Dumont airport).
  • Museu da Imagem e do Som (Image and Sound Museum) - (downtown).
  • Museu Naval (Navy Museum) - Located downtown.
  • Museu do Carnaval (Museum of Carnival) - (downtown, next to the Sambódromo).
  • Museu Chácara do Céu - (Santa Tereza).

 

  • Jardim Botânico (Botanical Garden) -
  • Museu da República (Museum of the Republic) (in Catete).
  • Oi Futuro (Formerly Centro Cultural Telemar) (in Catete).
  • Museu Internacional de Arte Naïf (International Naïf Art Museum)
  • Museu Carmem Miranda (Carmem Miranda Museum) - (Flamengo).
  • Museu do Índio (Museum of the Indian)
  • Museu Villa-Lobos - A modest collection about Brazil's most important composer (in Botafogo).
  • Museu Nacional (National Museum) - (in São Cristóvão, just next to the Zoo).
  • Museu do Primeiro Reinado (First Reign Museum) (in São Cristóvão).
  • Museu Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins (Astronomy Museum) - (in São Cristóvão).
  • Museu do Trem (Train Museum) - (in Engenho de Dentro).
  • Museu Aeroespacial (Aerospatial Museum)
  • Museu Casa do Pontal - The most important collection of popular arts and crafts (Recreio dos Bandeirantes).