The best museums Sergipe And Alagoas

Located in this historic village, the Igreja do Convento de São Francisco, which dates from 1693, houses the small Museu de Arte Sacra, a collection of sacred art considered the third most important in Brazil, with about 500 objects on display. Some of the pieces are of great finesse. Lovers of sacred art will appreciate this beautiful work. The cloister of the convent is also worth seeing. For a little, one would think of Olinda or Salvador de Bahia.

The oldest museum in Sergipe has a rich and diverse collection of objects and relics important in the history of the State of Sergipe. Paintings, art objects and historical documents are on display. There are furniture from the 19th and 20th centuries, various paintings, busts of Sergipe personalities, coin collections, as well as rare objects and photos of "cangaço" characters (honorary bandits from the Nordeste like Lampiao).

Housed in a beautifully restored colonial building, this museum is named after a doctor who bequeathed to the University of Alagoas his collection of an infinite number of handicrafts from popular culture. This museum is dedicated to anthropology and regional folklore, of infinite richness. Popular toys, objects made of vegetable fiber (caçuás, baskets, abanos, hats, etc.), utilitarian ceramics from the Kariri Xocó ethnic group, from Alagoas, pieces of the Afro-Brazilian cult, elements of popular Catholicism, lace and embroidery

The museum of the Historical and Geographical Institute of Alagoas is located in the city centre of Maceió. It exhibits to the public part of the historical, archaeological and ethnographic collection of the institute. This museum offers a collection focused on the culture of the natives: ornaments, bows and arrows, native accessories and weapons that belonged to the bandit Lampião... an interesting journey through time, too bad that the place suffers from a cruel lack of maintenance.