Earth Science Museum
The Earth Sciences Museum is a geological museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The building was part of the Exhibition of the Centenary of the Opening of the Ports of Brazil in 1908.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, CC0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: geological museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Also known as: “Earth Sciences Museum”
- Address: 404 Avenida Pasteur, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, 22290-240
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Morro da Babilônia and Sugarloaf Mountain.
Morro da Babilônia
Peak
Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.
The Morro da Babilônia is a hill in the Leme neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, separating Copacabana beach from Botafogo. It is home to a favela known by the same name, as well as the favela Chapéu Mangueira.
Sugarloaf Mountain
Peak
Photo: Vincent E, Public domain.
Sugarloaf Mountain is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising 396 m above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar.
Station I
Aerial lift
Photo: Helder Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Sugarloaf Cable Car is a cableway system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first part runs between Praia Vermelha and Morro da Urca, from where the second rises to the summit of the 396-metre Sugarloaf Mountain. Station I is situated 400 metres southeast of Earth Science Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urca and Leme.
Urca
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urca is a residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older.
Leme
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leme is an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the South Zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next to Copacabana, Urca and Botafogo. The neighborhood takes its name from a nearby rock formation whose shape resembles the rudder of a ship.
Botafogo
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta and São João.
Earth Science Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.95405° or 22° 57′ 15″ southLongitude
-43.1704° or 43° 10′ 13″ westOpen location code
589R2RWH+9ROpenStreetMap ID
way 30136809OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q10333819
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Earth Science Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu de Ciências da Terra”
- Catalan: “Museu de Ciències de la Terra (Brasil)”
- French: “musée des Sciences de la Terre”
- French: “Musée des Sciences de la Terre”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Ciências da Terra”
- Spanish: “Museo de Ciencias de la Tierra (Brasil)”
- Spanish: “Museo de Ciencias de la Tierra”
- “MCT”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Earth Science Museum”. Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, CC0.