The best museums Brésil Nordeste

The powder museum. This thick and blind building was built in 1708 and houses a museum of the city, open morning and afternoon except on Mondays.

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.

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 Paintings, art objects and historical documents are on display.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.