Museu Afro Brasil

Museu Afro Brasil is a history, artistic and ethnographic museum dedicated to the research, preservation, and exhibition of objects and works related to the cultural sphere of black people in Brazil.
museuafrobrasil.org.br
+55 11 3320 8900
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo”, “Museum Afro Brasil”, and “Pavilhão Padre Manoel da Nóbrega”
  • Address: Portão 10 (Acesso pelo portão 03 ) Avenida Pedro Álvares Cabral, Ibirapuera, São Paulo, 04094-050
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ibirapuera Park and Professor Aristóteles Orsini Planetarium.

Park
Photo: Stankuns, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an in . It comprises 158 hectares between Av. República do Líbano, Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral, and Av. IV Centenário, and is the most visited park in South America, with 14.4 million visits in 2017.

Planetarium
Photo: Dornicke, Public domain.
The , also known as the Ibirapuera Planetarium, is a planetarium in , . It opened in January 1957, and was the first planetarium in Brazil and Latin America. is situated 190 metres west of Museu Afro Brasil.

Photo: Dornick, Public domain.
is a large-scale granite sculpture by the Italian-Brazilian sculptor Victor Brecheret at the entrance of in , . is situated 450 metres north of Museu Afro Brasil.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moema and Paulista.

Suburb
is a district in the south region of the city of . The name was first applied to the area in the early 20th century, when São Paulo expanded southward and began formalizing new residential districts.

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region is commonly used by people of São Paulo to refer to the area around Avenida . The term is subjective, as Av. crosses different neighborhoods, districts, and even different regions.

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is a region of . It is the wealthiest region of the city on average, although it does contain some poorer areas, especially in the extreme south.

Museu Afro Brasil

Latitude
-23.5839° or 23° 35′ 2″ south
Longitude
-46.65919° or 46° 39′ 33″ west
Height
12 metres (38 feet)
Open location code
588MC88R+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27030316
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q10333377
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Museu Afro Brasil” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Brazilian Cultures Pavilion and Lagoa Parque Ibirapuera.

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