Museu do Índio
O Museu do Índio is a cultural and scientific agency of the Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas or FUNAI. It was created by Darcy Ribeiro, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1953.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—5:30 PM
Saturday—Sunday: 1:00 PM—5:30 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Also known as: “Museu do Indio” and “Museu Nacional dos Povos Indígenas”
- Address: 55 Rua das Palmeiras, 22270-070
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa-Lobos Museum and Christ the Redeemer.
Villa-Lobos Museum
Museum
Photo: Ministério da Cultura, CC BY 2.0.
The Villa-Lobos Museum is a museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that is dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Christ the Redeemer
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Christ the Redeemer is situated 2 km west of Museu do Índio.
Christ Church, Rio de Janeiro
Church
Photo: Peter17, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Christ Church, Rio de Janeiro is situated 250 metres southwest of Museu do Índio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Botafogo and Humaitá.
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.
Humaitá
Suburb
Photo: Wikityke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Humaitá is a residential district in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is situated between the foot of Corcovado Mountain and the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.
Cosme Velho
Suburb
Photo: Fulviusbsas, Public domain.
Cosme Velho is a neighborhood in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, adjacent to Laranjeiras. Its main street is Rua Cosme Velho, an extension of Rua das Laranjeiras.
Museu do Índio
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.95185° or 22° 57′ 7″ southLongitude
-43.19101° or 43° 11′ 28″ westOpen location code
589R2RX5+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 929926473OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6940631
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Museu do Índio” goes by many names.
- French: “Musée de l’Indien”
- French: “Museu Nacional dos Povos Indígenas”
- Italian: “Museu Nacional dos Povos Indígenas”
- Portuguese: “Museu do Índio (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Museu Nacional dos Povos Indígenas”
- Spanish: “Museo del Indio”
- Spanish: “Museu do Índio”
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