Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niterói
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Museu Internacional de Arte Naïf
Museums and Art Galleries
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Museu Nacional
statesman. President Vargas
(see p31)
killed himself in his
bedroom here in 1954. Exhibits
include his nightshirt, with the
bullet hole in the breast.
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Map H3 • Palácio do Catete,
Rua do Catete 153 • (021) 3235
2650 • Open 2-6pm Sat, Sun &
hols • Adm
(free on Wed & Sun)
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Museu de Arte
de Belas Artes
This museum holds the largest
collection of Brazilian art in the
country, dating from colonial
times through to the 20th
century. International
pieces are also on display
here
(see pp16-17)
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Museu Histórico
Nacional
Housed in a colonial
building that served
as an arsenal till the
1920s, this fascinating
museum features
displays charting
Brazilian history
(see pp20-21)
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Museu da República
Contemporanea
de Niterói (MAC)
Contemporary
Brazilian art is on
display in this
museum, which is
housed in an iconic
building designed by
Oscar Niemeyer
(see
p68)
. The concrete spheroid sits
at the end of a rocky promontory
that juts into Guanabara Bay, and
the interior is accessed via a
long pink ramp.
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Map C5 • Mirante
da Boa Viagem s/n, Boa Viagem, Niterói •
(021) 2620 2400 • Open 10am-6pm Tue-
Sun • Adm • www.macniteroi.com.br
Imperial seat in
Museu Histórico Nacional
This Baroque palace, now a
museum, was the site of the
suicide of Brazil's most influential
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Museu Internacional de
Arte Naïf (MIAN)
This delightful museum features
one the world's largest collections
of Naive art. Some of the Brazilian
pieces are by
favela
and rural
artists and offer powerful
insights into their daily lives.
There is also an interesting shop
in the museum.
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Map G3 • Rua
Cosme Velho 561, Cosme Velho • (021)
2205 8612 • Open 10am-6pm Wed-Sat;
groups of 5 or more only • Adm • www.
museunaif.com.br
A sculpture at Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
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