The best museums Brazil

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.

The city of Caruaru is intimately linked to the forro culture. In June, this musical madness takes over and the São Joao is the most famous in the Nordeste. The recognition of the forro owes much to one man: the musician Luiz Gonzaga. The forro museum is almost exclusively dedicated to Luiz Gonzaga, the king of the Baião. This musician has largely contributed to the diffusion of this music in all Brazil. You will find many objects that belonged or refer to Luiz Gonzaga: records, personal effects, press clippings..

In the old quarter of Boa Vista, close to the city centre, the city's Museum of Modern Art hosts temporary national and international exhibitions. The building, like a district, or even a city that seemed to be falling into disuse, has been tastefully renovated and honours the city's artistic policy since 2001. It has three floors and seven exhibition rooms, an auditorium and a library specializing in modern art.

This church is shaped like a slide and was inaugurated in 1988. Made of concrete, it is supposed to represent the strength and dynamism of Brazilian and Northern Catholicism. It took over the function of the former cathedral of the same name, which was partly built in the 17th century. This modern temple of the Catholic faith is not without resemblance in some respects to the Cathedral of San Sebastian in Rio... with the addition of a convention centre. The choir is elevated.

This museum is attached to the UFRN (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte). It is named after its first director and one of the founders of this remarkable museum, the anthropologist and folklorist, Lui da Camara Cascudo. For 60 years, out of two, this interesting museum offers many pieces, sometimes unique of ethnology, archaeology, paleontology, folk art, sacred art Anthropology, folklore of the Amazon Indians, fossils, skeletons. A sambaqui (tumulus) is reproduced in a room and a room is dedicated to the sugar cycle.