Best places: Museums in Sao Paulo, Brazil

👍👍 O lugar é bem grande, tem muita história e um pequeno museu. As Sister Muller e Andrade fizeram um tour de três horas muito agradáveis, me apresentaram todo o espaço contando a história, com muita vontade! Foram extremamente receptivas. Ao final, ganhei O Livro de Mórmon com uma dedicatória linda. F...

Longtime museum featuring 19th-century Brazilian painting & sculpture, plus educational programs.

👍👍 What a gift to São Paulo to have the Museum restored and renovated. The main hall where THE painting is located, is definitely the highlight, in my opinion. The building itself is an architectural masterpiece, the main staircase is such an imposing place. Totally worth visiting either as a tourist o...

Striking glass-fronted building with photography shows, a library, a cafe & Avenida Paulista views.

Ethnographic museum in an Oscar Niemeyer building, dedicated to the African diaspora in Brazil.

👍👍 Beautiful Exhibition. It was very interesting and informative. Very interactive with modern elements and nicely laid out. It was free of cost (at least on the Saturday afternoon in March that I visited). Located inside the same building as a train station that is also a beauty on its own. There's a...

Museum tracing the history of Japanese immigrants in Brazil through multimedia, photos & artifacts.

👍👍 Admission cost R$15 for the entire ticket. Vaccination certificate mandatory 🦠🦠🦠💉💉💉 Very cool, I lived in SP for years and I never went, now that I live in the countryside I went to know... Well worth it. Book from 2:00 to 3:00h to see everything it's big and the visit doesn't have a defined...

👍👍 Instituto Butantan or Butantan Institute is a biological research center in Butanta, West zone of Sao Paulo in Brazil. By extracting toxins from hundreds of captive snakes antivenom is produced by injecting small amounts of the poison into horses kept by the Institute on a farm which triggers an imm...

👍👍 Cozy and charming place. Many works that I didn't even imagine were stored there, apart from the architecture, which is beautiful. To visit the house from the inside it is necessary to wait for the pre-established times that are available on the museum's website. The visit is free and guided. And t...

👍👍 Beth-El's time after nearly two decades in the works was transforming into the museum. The infrastructure is excellent, the 4 floors are a real immersion in Jewish culture with permanent and temporary exhibitions. Take your time as there is a lot to see, read and learn. The cafe has great delicacie...

Iconic building housing one of Latin America's most important collections of renowned art.

Prominent 35-floor skyscraper with cultural exhibits & an observation deck for city views.

Museum featuring films, videos, music, photos & other artifacts of image & sound, plus events.

Sports museum with films, photographs & interactive exhibits documenting the history of football.

Brazilian immigration museum housed in former processing center, with interactive exhibits & garden.

👍👍 The most boring part of the museum, for me, was the exit. Think of an incredible place. Basically essential for those seeking knowledge about biology or just for good tourism! The site has several rooms where, divided into separate spaces, not only are the most varied types of species shown, their...

Modern space with exhibition galleries, theaters, a library & gardens, including a rooftop lawn.

Renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer designed this exhibition space in the shape of indigenous huts.

Museum in a historical building with exhibits on the city's past political resistance & repression.